ABSTRACT
This chapter reports the results of a survey with 239 university students aged 18–25 on sexual transit crime in Melbourne, Australia. Of the majority of transit users who experienced some form of sexually related victimization, 48.7% said their incident was witnessed by at least one other person. Four-fifths of women (79.4%) and a similar proportion of LGBTQI students reported having been victims of harassment, groping or stalking over the past three years. Only 2.9% of women and 2.6% of men reported ‘rarely’ or ‘never’ feeling safe on at least one mode of transit during the day. After dark, it was a different story. Almost half (45.1%) of women and 11.3% of men said they ‘rarely’ or ‘never’ feel safe on at least one mode of transit. The chapter briefly summarizes the main findings from the case study and makes suggestions for research and practice.
