CRIME IN THE IVORY TOWER - THE LEVEL AND SOURCES OF STUDENT VICTIMIZATION

Contrary to the image of college campuses as ''ivory towers,'' the vic timization of college students recently has been portrayed as a seriou s problem deserving policy intervention. Based on interviews designed after the National Crime Victimization Survey, which were conducted wi th 3,472 randomly selected students across 12 institutions, we examine d both the level and sources of students' victimization More than one- third of the sample reported being victims during the 1993-94 academic year. Informed by the lifestyle-routine activities approach, the anal ysis revealed that the risk of property victimization was increased by proximity to crime, target attractiveness, exposure, and lack of guar dianship. The main predictor of violent victimization was a lifestyle that included high levels of partying on campus at night and the recre ational use of drugs.