La percepción de inseguridad de la comunidad universitaria de la carrera de Sociología en los alrededores y dentro del campus central de la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze the socio-spatial determinants influencing the perception of insecurity among the Sociology department's university community. It is a cross-sectional study applied to the entire population of students enrolled from the third to the ninth cycle; for the faculty, a convenience sample was applied to twelve out of the eighteen. The technique used was a survey, and the instrument was a questionnaire that gathered information on perceptions of insecurity, fear of crime, and socio-spatial determinants. The results reveal that the student population has a high perception of insecurity at night, both around and within the campus; moreover, the main socio-spatial determinants influencing this perception are access control, maintenance, and surveillance. As for the perception of the faculty, no perception of insecurity was detected during the afternoons or mornings, but it was present at night. Similarly to the case of the students, the main socio-spatial determinants influencing the perception of insecurity among this population are access control and surveillance.