| Students on campuses are often protected from the impact of the criminal justice process. Colleges and Universities adjudicate minor and/or major violations in judicial boards and disciplinary committees. These meet in secret, do not allow legal representation of accused parties, there is no confrontation of witness and proof of an infraction is lower than in a criminal court. The paper assesses the impact of this and other informal processes of social control on official documentation of "crimes" on campus. The social organization of justice on campus explains the gap between various official measures of "crimes" and those from victimization surveys. We use quantitative and qualitative methods to show the impact of various changes in the social context of campus Justice. In particular we assess the effects of Federal Legislation and publicity on the process of making accounts of crimes on campus. We found that as concerns about crime reduced so victimization increased. In 1993-94 our survey showed large increases in multiple victimization and in overall victimization. We suggest a number of explanations from qualitative accounts. |
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