Date of Award

1-1-2011

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

School of Criminal Justice

Content Description

1 online resource (v, 95 pages)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Colin Loftin

Committee Members

Alan J. Lizotte, David McDowall, Janet P. Stamatel, James P. Lynch

Keywords

fear of crime, prior victimization, routine activities, weapons, workplace security, Violence in the workplace, Employee crimes, Firearms ownership

Subject Categories

Criminology

Abstract

Decisions to carry weapons for protection in the workplace were examined in regard to relationships with collective security, routine work activities, fear and victimization. Using data from the National Crime Victimization Survey, logistic regression models were estimated on predictors of carrying firearms, knives, and pepper spray by workers in the US labor force. Results indicated that collective security, routine work activities, and prior victimization, and perceptions of risk had significant effects on decisions to carry weapons for protection. Gender-specific models were also estimated in order to determine how these factors differed for men and women. Men and women differed on type of weapon carried as well as on some of the covariates of carrying weapons for protection in the workplace.

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