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Crime rate dow fear high, poll : From Staff Reports pPQr r\f primp r^mainflH hioh hut c * VH* VI VI III1V 1 VUUUIIVU 111511 UUl uvvivtio straight year in South Carolina, according t of Crime Poll" conducted by the USC Co Justice. "Nofonly did fear of crime levels decreas is reason to believe this reduction in conce citizens also reported being victims of fewe latest statewide crime figures to be released th reported crime was down about 9 percent 1 Carolina," said Gene Stephens, director ol In a separate poll comparing South Carol the school found that South Carolinians wei crime than most Americans, even though th< ing a victim of a crime was considerably Camlina In addition, more than three-fourths of 5 were found to believe their local police wer tecting them from crime, and more than hal be willing to pay more taxes to increase ] Both moral and financial support of police nians were well above the national average. Other major findings from the two sci< ducted in February 1984 on a random nun with a stratified statewide sample of South i 50 percent of South Carolinians own g 8-10 percent nationwide. Younger South Carolinians are more feai older residents. Blacks, females and the less educated ii are the most fearful of crime. City and town dwellers are most concerr The number of car thefts in South Care national average. South Carolinians are more likely to hav in their homes than the rest of the nation. More South Carolinians are afraid to wa mile of their home than the national averag While the decreases in the fear of crime frc to the next was not found to be significar dccrcasc as reflected on the fourth annual pol significant in two major ways, said Stephens, fessor in the College of Criminal Justice. ''First, it is a straight-line reduction; com safeiy and safety of personal property, as v ? 1 J 1 1 ciiiu^ id Hid casing iicib uccrcaseu cacn year study with one minor exception ? that bei property safety remained the same at 86.6 and 1982," Stephens said. "Second, the percentage of decreases in 1981 to 1984 is significant in all three catei that 'crime in your area has increased in the j ed 18.6 percent from 1981 to 1984, while cor safety decreased 8.2 percent and concern f sonal property decreased 7.2 percent," Step Similar decreases were found in self-repori South Carolinians, and the latest state crime ; South Carolina Law Enforcement Division show a 9 percent decrease in reported crime i ? a 12 percent decrease in violent crime < decrease in property crime. "Thus, it may be that the decreasing fea tional response to decreasing likelihood of b Stephens said. The poll, a replication of a 1983 Reader Poll, found that 41.5 percent of South Care in their area had increased in the past year, percent of Americans in the earlier nationwi ed, "Do you consider your local police forc< tecting you from crime?", 76.3 percent of S answered "yes," compared to 66 percent of The number of South Carolinians keepinj i 1 ? 1 " - ~ iiuu na:> nuvcrcu ai arouna nan in tne lour p to indicate that the rate of citizens owning gi in South Carolina is five to six times the na In the national polls, the respondent was owned a gun and then asked if he posse protection. In South Carolina, the numbers owning ; them for protection ranged from a low of 44 cent said they owned a gun and only 40 pen they kept the gun for protection. I TAKE A CHEi I EDUCATION/ IrOUROFTHEW I AT INTERNATIO CULTURE W] 9 10 a.m. 6 p I COLLEGE STF n. RAJ chniAfc ww w a I TH ed for the fourth I T1V o the 1984 "Fear XvliN liege of Criminal ;e again, but there :rn is justified, as ;r crimes, and the is month will show last year in Soutt. * the poll. I j lina to the nation, I ^ re more fearful of I HTVu-v T 2 likelihood of be- I JL 110 Lj' / lower in South south Carolinians e effective in pro- / ??If said they would l^JIVFRUITY BOOKSTORE \jy juuui v^ai UJI- ,h^J sntific polls con iber dialing basis m mm Carolinians were g%B 1 uns compared to ^g# I rful of crime than __ __ JSANCPSC i South Carolina * JAMS ?# ? led about crime. ^/IAI f\Clfcl/l| >lina is above the IW wl e security devices ilk alone within a >m one year's poll if jk it, the three-year ^ 11 was found to be an associate pro:ern for personal! fPE^Hggk J5--V-lr? cell as belief that mm of the four-year ng concerned for' percent for 1981 I A I 8:00 p.m. fear levels from piM- AHION ft Mi!1 gories. The belief \Mol MU1IUN & fnr ?ast year' decreaslcern for personal or safety of perhens said. I victimization by| RDfNf! VAflC statistics from the Ul\ 11 U T UUr are expected to n South Carolina ind an 8 percent ^ ^ r levels are a ra- f 1 eing victimized," ^ J A 's Digest/Gallup linians felt crimci jm , compared to 37 || II | ide poll. But ask- IM BB BBBBS ; effective in pro- J ? mm mm iouth Carolinians I ' all Americans. b | I guns for protec- I w oils. This appear^ I n SbI ins for protection. j I N tional average. I Bi 1 asked if he or she [ ssea tne gun tor guns and keepingpercent to 25 per llAVIll cent of those said! HJr 11 m g| | i r | vL S S fiction ORT 1)1 I 1St Prize: UKLiiO | Kerri D. 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