NCJ Number
236599
Date Published
March 2011
Length
210 pages
Annotation
This report from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation presents data on crimes reported on college campuses in the State for the year 2010.
Abstract
Highlights from this report include: between 2009 and 2010, reported offenses on Tennessee college campuses decreased 4.6 percent; of the 7,190 offenses reported in 2010, 38.9 percent were for larceny/theft offenses, followed by assault offenses (8.7 percent) and drug/narcotic offenses (8.6 percent); drug/narcotic offenses decreased 1.5 percent, fraud offenses decreased 23.8 percent, and reported rapes decreased 41 percent during 2010; 65 percent of property crimes reported a loss type of stolen; and 39.3 percent of stolen property was recovered between the hours of 12:00 noon and 5:59 p.m. This report from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation presents data on crimes reported on college campuses in the State of Tennessee for the year 2010. Data for the report were obtained from the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS), which collects information from law enforcement agencies across the State on 22 crime categories made up of 47 specific offenses (Group A offenses). The primary objective of this report is to provide information to the Governor, State and local government committees and the Education Committee of the Tennessee House of Representatives and Senate, the General Assembly of Tennessee, and other government agencies and the general public on the nature and extent of crime on the Tennessee's college campuses. Tables, figures, and appendixes