EXCERPTS for the Safety Audit Committee

Preliminary

Summary Report

Campus Safety Awareness:Engaging Students to

Create the Safest Campus Community Possible

Lucia Yiu, BSc, BA, MScNFaculty of Nursing

University of WindsorWindsor, Ontario

November 2011

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Phase I: (1) to explore overall perception of safety on campus, and (2) to explore how best to improve the student’ safety needs on campus

Focus Group

(3 groups, N = 7 female students in residence)

Online Survey

(N = 467 or 5.4% of all female campus students)

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Phase 2: to promote campus safety awareness by engaging the students to discuss the importance of campus safety and to foster positive change

Campus Safety Displays and survey

- Held weekly at Vanier and CAW

- N = 563 (3.5%)

216 (38.4%) stopped & asked info

347 (61.6%) – just viewed info

Slogan Contest & online survey

N = 95

3 winning slogans: Safety starts with you, be alert and aware ($100 prize) Be smart, be aware and be safe ($75 prize) A safer U is a safer me ($50 prize)

ISC Presentation

N = 7

(2 male & 5 female students)

Project Overview: Purpose, participants , methods, & responses

- 7 in CAW, 6 in Vanier, 2 Health fairs

Table 2 (N = 467)

Table 3 Time on Campus on weekends by age group (N=467)

Table 2 (N = 467)

17-21 22-29 30-34 35+ Total

Felt unsafe on 219 (80.5%) 122 (78.2%) 7 (70.0%) 21 (72.4%) 369 (79.0%)

No response 53 (19.5%) 34 (21.8%) 3 (30.0%) 8 (27.6%) 98 (21.0%)

Total 272 (100%) 156 (100%) 10 (100%) 29 (100%) 100%

Table 10.1 No. of Female Students Feeling Unsafe on Weekdays by Age (N=467) (Adjusted)

17-21 % 22-29 % 30-34 % 35+ % Total %

Yes 31 11.4% 17 10.9% 0 0 5 17.2 53 11.3%

No 241 88.6% 139 89.1% 10 100 24 82.8 414 88.7%

Total 272 100% 156 100% 10 100% 29 100% 467 100%

Table 10.3 No. of female students reported they felt their safety has been compromised while you were on or around campus in the past 12 months, by age (N=467)

17-21 % 22-29 % 30-34 % 35+ % Total %

Yes 8 25.8% 4 23.5% 0 0 2 40% 14 26.4%

No 23 74.2% 13 76.5% 0 0 3 60% 39 73.6%

Total 31 100% 17 100% 0 0 5 100% 53 100%

Table 10. 4 No. of female students who reported to the appropriate authority when their safety was compromised? (N=53)

Reasons for not reporting:

- Did not want to bother police officers- felt voiced complaints were minimized

Feeling Unsafe

Feeling Safe

Total

17-21 31 241 272

58% 58% 100%

22 and older

22 173 195

42% 42% 100%

53 414 467

Table 10.5 Phase I - Perceived Safety on campus during the past 12 months: Comparison of Younger (17-21) to Older (22+) students (N=467)

Feeling

unsafe

Feeling safe

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On-campus

8 25 33

15% 6% 100%

Off-campus

45 389 434

85% 94% 100%

Total 53 414 467

Table 10.6Phase I - Perceived Safety on campus during the past 12 months: Comparison of on campus and off campus students (N=467)

Strongly Agreen %

Agreen %

Neutraln %

Disagreen %

Strongly Disagreen %

Parking lots are sufficiently lit

13 4.4 108 39.7 58 43.8 73 26.8 20 7.4

Hallways inside buildings are sufficiently lit

60 22.1 181 66.5 20 7.4 11 4.0 0 0

Hallways inside buildings are sufficiently lit

13 4.4 92 33.8 54 19.9 90 33.1 23 8.5

Emergency phones are sufficient and visibly marked

17 6.3 64 23.5 68 25.0 95 34.9 28 10.3

Emergency "Blue Light" phones are sufficient and visibly marked

23 8.5 74 27.2 68 25.0 76 27.9 31 11.4

Overall, I feel safe when I am on campus at the University of Windsor

29 10.7 166 61.0 43 15.8 32 11.8 2 0.7

Table 12.1 Age 17-21 (N = 272)

Strongly Agreen %

Agreen %

Neutraln %

Disagreen %

Strongly Disagreen %

Parking lots are sufficiently lit

8 5.1 62 39.7 33 21.2 46 29.5 7 4.5

Hallways inside buildings are sufficiently lit

42 26.9 88 56.4 17 10.9 7 4.5 2 1.3

Hallways inside buildings are sufficiently lit

9 5.8 52 33.3 31 12.1 55 35.3 9 5.8

Emergency phones are sufficient and visibly marked

6 3.8 38 24.4 40 25.6 49 31.4 23 14.7

Emergency "Blue Light" phones are sufficient and visibly marked

9 5.8 42 26.9 44 28.2 40 25.6 21 13.5

Overall, I feel safe when I am on campus at the University of Windsor

18 11.5 89 57.1 36 23.1 12 76.9 1 0.6

Table 12.2 Age 22-29 (N = 156)

Table 17.2 Two Things the University Should Do To Improve Safety on Campus (N=93) Multiple responses from 93 of 95 (97.9%) students who completed the questionnaire

How to improve safety needs?What students said…

• More visible emergency lights (e.g., flashing lights, visible location).

• Place emergency number on campus phone at CAW• Road safety - Improve safety at intersection for visually

impaired students, and control speed on California• Walksafe program – extend p.m. hours, phone number

on key chain, revise pick up locations• Training for RAs to deal with emergencies and

counselling distressed students during off hours• Campus safety promotion is important – use multiple

means – both traditional and digital

Summary• Most unsafe time – 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. • Priority groups for campus promotion – young and on

campus students• More on campus students than on campus students were

aware of campus services and were feeling unsafe • More off campus than on campus students perceived

safety is a concern.• Only 26% (n=53) reported safety incidents to campus

police. • Brief interventions (safety displays & slogan contest) did

not yield significance in safety knowledge gained. Need ongoing and multiple way to instill safety culture on campus

• Collaboration among campus partners to promote safety for all students

• Ongoing monitoring and evaluation needed