Theses and Dissertations
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8519-593X
Advisor
Rader, Nicole E.
Committee Member
Leap, Braden T.
Committee Member
Barranco, Raymond E.
Date of Degree
5-10-2024
Original embargo terms
Immediate Worldwide Access
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Sociology
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Department of Sociology
Abstract
Over the past several decades, the victimization of women on college campuses has not decreased despite an uptick in research and concern surrounding the topic. In this study, I analyzed the victimization prevention messages on the websites of 30 4-year PWIs and 30 4-year HBCUs in the Southeastern United States to investigate how they contextualized such messages. Drawing on a comparative thematic analysis of 132 documents from HBCUs and 138 documents from PWIs, I elaborate on four key themes, with several subthemes: gendered safety messages, rape culture education, racialized safety messages, and collective responsibility. I found that victimization prevention messaging was contextualized by community engagement at HBCUs, and both types of schools engage in victim-centered crime prevention. Additionally, PWIs used language on their webpages that encourages peer-to-peer racialized coveillance. This study contributes to the literature on victimization prevention on college campus, the college-prison nexus, and understandings of sexual assault prevention.
Recommended Citation
Brock, Madeline, "Who’s to blame? A website content analysis of victimization prevention messaging at PWIs and HBCUs" (2024). Theses and Dissertations. 6085.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/6085