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UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF THE CLERY ACT ON COLLEGE
STUDENTS’ BEHAVIORS: HOW CAN STUDENT AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS
CHANGE THE CURRENT PRACTICES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH
REGARD TO SAFETY
by
Sarvenaz Aliabadi
____________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2007
Copyright 2007 Sarvenaz Aliabadi
Object Description
| Title | Understanding the effects of the Clery Act on college students' behaviors: how can student affairs professionals change the current practices of college students with regard to safety |
| Author | Aliabadi, Sarvenaz |
| Author email | Sarvy1@aol.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Leadership) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2007-09-06 |
| Date submitted | 2007 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2007-09-14 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Jackson, Michael |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Suite, Denzil Tuitt, Donahue |
| Abstract | The purpose of the Clery Act is to increase students' awareness of crimes taking place on college and university campuses. Through the analysis of student perspectives related to crime, student affairs professionals can better understand the influence of the Clery Act. However, whether students are changing their behaviors over time with regard to their own safety is still in question. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the Clery Act has changed traditional students' (first-time, full-time, and first-year students attending college or university directly out of high school) behavior on college and university campuses and what it has taught these students about how to be safe.; Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to examine the impact of the Clery Act on Students. Qualitative research consisted of face-to-face interviews with 36 traditional undergraduate students at the University of Southern California, the University of California, Riverside, and Pepperdine University. Quantitative data was obtained by sending out an e-mailed link of the survey to traditional students at each of these institutions.; Two research questions guided the study: 1) How does the Clery Act affect current undergraduate students? In particular, what do students learn about crime as a result of the Clery Act and how does that help them protect themselves? 2) How has student behavior changed as a result of the Clery Act between students' first and fourth year at the school they attended? Particularly, does the Clery Act impact and change student behavior over time?; Overall, the findings regarding what students think about crime and the Clery Act were mixed. Through the data analysis process it became clear that some accomplishments of the Clery Act were considered very positive, while some areas needed to be improved.; This study adds to the practice of student affairs by assessing how students learn to be safe on college and university campuses. Through this assessment student affairs professionals are better able to understand what services to provide students in order to improve safety programs. In addition, student affairs professionals are able to determine how the Clery Act contributes to change in student behavior. |
| Keyword | campus safety; safety; student affairs; Clery Act; Jeanne Clery; Jeanne Clery disclosure of campus security policy and campus crime statistics act; crime statistics; crime awareness; crime protection; change in student behaviors; changes in students; Virginia Tech tragedy |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m819 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Aliabadi, Sarvenaz |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Aliabadi-20070914 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume32/etd-Aliabadi-20070914.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Full text | UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF THE CLERY ACT ON COLLEGE STUDENTS’ BEHAVIORS: HOW CAN STUDENT AFFAIRS PROFESSIONALS CHANGE THE CURRENT PRACTICES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH REGARD TO SAFETY by Sarvenaz Aliabadi ____________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2007 Copyright 2007 Sarvenaz Aliabadi |
