Campus Criminality and Vulnerability of Victimisation among Undergraduate Students in Ekiti State Urban Universities

Stephen Oluyemi Ilori, Ayomide Augustine Ilori and Esan Vincent Alaba
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Stephen Oluyemi Ilori: Department of Peace and Security Studies
Ayomide Augustine Ilori: Department of Peace and Security Studies
Esan Vincent Alaba: Department of Political Science and International Diplomacy Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2024, vol. 8, issue 7, 2602-2612

Abstract: Campus criminality has exposed university students to different schemes of victimisation. This study anchored on Routine Activity Theory (RAT) engaged qualitative research methods to survey 20 direct and indirect victims of campus crimes in Ekiti State urban universities. Shared experience revealed cultism and gang activities, financial extortion, physical and psychological intimidation, theft, sexual violence and harassment are the kinds of campus criminality in Ekiti State urban universities. Campus criminality was identified to be a complex interplay of social, economic, psychological and environmental factors. The fear of victimization in Ekiti State urban universities is deeply rooted in the presence and organisation of illegal societies on campus. Hence, undergraduate students should deploy Avoidance Behaviour Strategy (ABS) and access victim support services while the university management infuses crime prevention programmes to minimise the risk and neutralise the effect of rape, bullying, robbery and sexual assault among others. It is imperative to strengthen Ekiti State urban universities’ laws and policies against campus criminality and revamp campus security with Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED).

Date: 2024
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