Theft on Campus: Penn State Harrisburg By: Michael Keefe, Tim Brubaker, and Juan Pena.
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Theft on Campus: Penn State Harrisburg
By: Michael Keefe, Tim Brubaker, and Juan Pena
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Routine Activities Theory
• Theory developed by Marcus Felson and Lawrence E. Cohen in 1979.
• Crime theory that looked at the reasons people commit theft.
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Routine Activities Theory Cont.
CRIME
Motivated Offender
A Suitable Target
Lack of Capable
Guardianship
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Penn State Altoona Crime Report
Campus: Altoona
2009 2010 2011
Larceny/Theft
28 33 31
http://www.police.psu.edu/cleryact/documents/AltoonaPolicySafetyU2012.pdf
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Penn State Berks Crime Report
Campus: Berks
2009 2010 2011
Larceny/Theft
25 23 28
http://www.police.psu.edu/cleryact/documents/BerksPolicySafetyU2012.pdf
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Penn State Harrisburg Crime Report
Campus: Harrisburg
2009 2010 2011
Larceny/Theft
15 14 33
http://www.police.psu.edu/cleryact/documents/HarrisburgPolicySafetyU2012.pdf
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Hypothesis
• Juniors and seniors will have something stolen more often than freshmen and sophomores.
• The item that will be stolen the most will be money.
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Methods
• Created a nine-question survey• Distributed to exactly 100 students during common hour• Distributed in Stacks Market, the Library, the CUB, and
dorms
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Results
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Results Cont.
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Results Cont.
Table 1 – Experienced Theft
Total Percent of Total
Female 38 23.7%
Male 62 19.4%
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Discussion
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Discussion Cont.
• We would create a study where only males or females are examined
• We could also study only freshmen males or junior females
• This will more clearly identify the true victim of theft on campus