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Clery Act Updates 5 July 2010

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The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is better known as the “Clery Act.” The Clery Act requires all colleges and universities, that receive federal financial aid programs, to record and disclose information about crime on and near the institutions respective campus.

Here are some recent headlines concerning the Clery Act:

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11 more Clery Act violations discovered in campus crime log | The …

By PATRICK ARMSTRONG Editor in Chief Since The All State discovered ...

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A Gun, Not Clery Act Would Have Prevented VA Tech Massacre

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Did Virginia Tech respond too slowly to safety threats on campus and thus miss an opportunity to avoid the tragic shooting spree?

That’s the indictment from the US Department of Education preliminary review released recently according to the Washington Post (story here)

I say one student with a handgun would do a much better job of stopping the coward, Seung Hui Cho’s deadly shooting spree.  Do people really believe bureaucracy and more regulation will somehow magically protect us (or ...

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Clery Act: Challenged by Bureaucracy?

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Campus Crime and the Clery Act.  In 2008, Fresno State reported 218 criminal offenses, but did not report 324 instances of larceny-theft during that time. (story here)

The Clery Act excludes larceny reporting on campus and thus some colleges may be tempted to misidentify larceny related crimes (e.g. burglary) to make their numbers look better.

This highlights one of the challenges of the bureaucracy.  The FBI/Department of Justice already have requirements for criminal reporting through the National Incident-Based Reporting ...

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UVA Lacrosse Player: Need to Know About Violent Past?

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First, let’s acknowledge the unfortunate death of Yeardley Love.  Too many times, political talk about crimes on campus drown out the victim.

George Huguely committed a cowardly act.  He killed a woman.  He is a coward and should be tried by the courts and get the appropriate punishment.

Fox News asks the question as to what the University of Virginia knew and didn’t know about Huguely off-campus activities… specifically, an incident in 2008 involving alcohol and violent behavior. (article ...

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