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ISU releases 2007 Jeanne Clery Act crime statistics report
Ryan S. Hunter
Issue date: 10/17/07 Section: News
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According to the previous statements made by Chatterton, most alcohol violations are due to incoming freshman unfamiliar with ISU's alcohol policy.
"Most incidents involve freshmen and their attitudes toward alcohol in this new environment," Chatterton said. "Once they learn that this type of behavior won't be tolerated here, they usually adhere to all of the ISU policies."
Drug violations, however, have had no disciplinary referrals issued since 2004.
"We don't want (drugs) in the dorms," Hancock said.
There were four arrests for drug related violations in 2006, up from three arrests in 2005. Only one of the arrests in 2006, however, was for a drug violation in student housing. All three arrests in 2005 were from drug violations in student housing.
The lack of major changes is not entirely due to normal fluctuations, however, according to Hancock.
"Our officers are always having new training," Hancock said. " This allows them to react accordingly when they are told of new things going on around campus. They may also be stopping more people because of changes in current campus crime."
Another important factor in on-campus crime is that most of it is caused by people that aren't attending ISU.
"Most of our problems on campus aren't from students," Hancock said. "They're usually from juveniles who come onto campus."
The "Clery Act" is the landmark federal law, originally known as the Campus Security Act that requires colleges and universities across the United States to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses.
Because the law is tied to participation in federal student financial aid programs it applies to most institutions of higher education both public and private. It is enforced by the U.S. Department of Education.
The Act is named in memory of 19 year-old Lehigh University freshman Jeanne Ann Clery who was raped and murdered while asleep in her residence hall room on April 5, 1986.
Jeanne's parents, Connie and Howard, discovered that students hadn't been told about 38 violent crimes on the Lehigh campus in the three years before her murder. They joined with other campus crime victims and persuaded Congress to enact this law, which was originally known as the "Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990."
The law was amended in 1992 to add a requirement that schools afford the victims of campus sexual assault certain basic rights, and was amended again in 1998 to expand the reporting requirements. The 1998 amendments also formally named the law in memory of Jeanne Clery.
The law was most recently amended in 2000 to require schools beginning in 2003 to notify the campus community about where public "Megan's Law" information about registered sex offenders on campus could be obtained.
To compare the crime statistics at ISU to those of schools across the nations, visit the US Department of Educations campus security statistics website at http://ope.ed.gov/security.
"Most incidents involve freshmen and their attitudes toward alcohol in this new environment," Chatterton said. "Once they learn that this type of behavior won't be tolerated here, they usually adhere to all of the ISU policies."
Drug violations, however, have had no disciplinary referrals issued since 2004.
"We don't want (drugs) in the dorms," Hancock said.
There were four arrests for drug related violations in 2006, up from three arrests in 2005. Only one of the arrests in 2006, however, was for a drug violation in student housing. All three arrests in 2005 were from drug violations in student housing.
The lack of major changes is not entirely due to normal fluctuations, however, according to Hancock.
"Our officers are always having new training," Hancock said. " This allows them to react accordingly when they are told of new things going on around campus. They may also be stopping more people because of changes in current campus crime."
Another important factor in on-campus crime is that most of it is caused by people that aren't attending ISU.
"Most of our problems on campus aren't from students," Hancock said. "They're usually from juveniles who come onto campus."
The "Clery Act" is the landmark federal law, originally known as the Campus Security Act that requires colleges and universities across the United States to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses.
Because the law is tied to participation in federal student financial aid programs it applies to most institutions of higher education both public and private. It is enforced by the U.S. Department of Education.
The Act is named in memory of 19 year-old Lehigh University freshman Jeanne Ann Clery who was raped and murdered while asleep in her residence hall room on April 5, 1986.
Jeanne's parents, Connie and Howard, discovered that students hadn't been told about 38 violent crimes on the Lehigh campus in the three years before her murder. They joined with other campus crime victims and persuaded Congress to enact this law, which was originally known as the "Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990."
The law was amended in 1992 to add a requirement that schools afford the victims of campus sexual assault certain basic rights, and was amended again in 1998 to expand the reporting requirements. The 1998 amendments also formally named the law in memory of Jeanne Clery.
The law was most recently amended in 2000 to require schools beginning in 2003 to notify the campus community about where public "Megan's Law" information about registered sex offenders on campus could be obtained.
To compare the crime statistics at ISU to those of schools across the nations, visit the US Department of Educations campus security statistics website at http://ope.ed.gov/security.
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