NCJ Number
208230
Journal
Journal of Security Administration Volume: 26 Issue: 1 Dated: June 2003 Pages: 1-15
Date Published
June 2003
Length
15 pages
Annotation
This article examines the purposes and requirements of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Police and Campus Crime Statistics Act ("Clery Act") and analyzes the crime statistics published by 4-year colleges and universities in Missouri between 1997 and 1999.
Abstract
The Clery Act requires that each institution that participates in Federal student aid programs collect data and information on campus crimes and campus security policies and publish an annual report of crime statistics from the most recent calendar year and the 2 years preceding. The 5 Missouri universities examined maintained approximately 1 police officer per 380 students to 1 officer per 780 students. Three of the 5 universities were grouped around 1 police officer per 660 students. For these five universities, no forcible sex offenses were reported in the Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) for 1997; one was reported for 1998, and five were reported for 1999. Under the Clery Act, however, these same universities reported 19 forcible sex offenses in 1997, 27 in 1998, and 21 in 1999. The difference in the numbers between the two systems of data collection is most likely due to an improvement in the rate of reporting under the Clery Act, which includes statistics from non-police authorities. Very few robberies were reported, with the UCR statistics and the Clery statistics being almost identical. More research is needed in the area of campus crime, crime statistics, and compliance with the Clery Act before differences in statistics and the explanations for them can be accurately determined. 5 tables, 13 references, and appended portions of the Clery Act