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From Staff Reports
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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
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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
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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.
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