Students’ Perceptions on he Fear Of Crime and Crime Prevention: A Comparison of University Students from Hungary and the United States
Magyar és amerikai egyetemi hallgatók attitűdjei
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to present the attitudes of law enforcement and criminology universíty students towards fear of crime, crime prevention and control in a study conducted in Hungarian and American universities in 2018. The research was conducted among students at the Faculty of Law Enforcement at the Ludovika University of Public Service in Hungary and at California Lutheran University in the USA and was based on the assumption that, due to the nature of their courses, students at both universities have a greater knowledge of certain issues of crime than the average citizen, which may influence their perception of fear. We looked also at whether, where and why there are differences in the opinions of students at the two universities as accurate knowledge of facts and reasons on criminality can help to avoid wrong decisions based on fear, and the operation of bad practices in the field of crime control. The paper reports on these research results, which are still relevant today, and which serve to improve training and the methods chosen, and provide the basis for conducting representative research.
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