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How Safe Are Our Campuses? What the Clery
Numbers Tell Us
Gary J. MargolisSteven J. Healy
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Agenda
• What’s Required
• What The Numbers Tell Us
• Enhancing Reporting
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True or False
• Crime on campuses has increased over the past 5 years?
• I’ve had a major violent incident on my campus over the past 3 years?
• Sexual assault reporting on my campus has increased over the past 3 years?
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Why the Myth?
• “If it bleeds, it leads!”
• The World is Flat
• Cluster of high profile incidents
• Growth of advocacy groups
• Predictable Surprises
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What’s Required
• The Clery Act requires institutions to disclose 3 general categories of crime statistics: 7 Clery Act Crimes;
Hate Crimes—incidents motivated by bias;
Arrests and Disciplinary Referrals for Action for Weapons Violations, Drug Abuse Violations and Liquor Law Violations.
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Population
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What The Numbers Tell Us
• Campuses are generally very safe places
• Crime is relatively flat, at least over the past 6 years
• Urban campuses have unique challenges
• Community Colleges have very few crimes (reported)
• Campuses experience the same challenges as general society with respect to sexual assault reporting
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How Disclosed?
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What The Numbers Tell Us
2006 2007 2008 2009 20103
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3.568 3.573
3.763.676 3.714
VIOLENT CRIMES PER 1000 STUDENTS
VIOLENT CRIMES PER 1000 STUDENTS
Year
Mean p
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1000
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How Disclosed?
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What The Numbers Tell Us
2006 2007 2008 2009 20100
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
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0.627
0.7870.738
0.9070.88
WEAPONS VIOLATIONS PER 1000 STUDENTS
WEAPONS VIOLATIONS PER 1000 STUDENTS
Year
Mean p
er
1000
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How Disclosed?
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What The Numbers Tell Us
2006 2007 2008 2009 20100
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4
6
8
10
12
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10.86211.593
10.67310.204
9.323
ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS PER 1000 STUDENTS
ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS PER 1000 STUDENTS
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How Disclosed?
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What The Numbers Tell Us
2006 2007 2008 2009 20105.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
6
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.117
5.986
5.907
5.639
6.221
PROPERTY CRIMES PER 1000 STUDENTS
PROPERTY VIOLATIONS PER 1000 STUDENTS
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How Disclosed?
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What The Numbers Tell Us
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Challenges
For the consumer, stats are not easily accessible
They reside in a cumbersome database that doesn’t provide easy-to-read comparisons or analysis
Many of the stats that matter most to campus community members aren’t collected
Crime happens off-campus
Crime is often under- or unreported
Sexual violence underreporting is significant (<5%)
Other factors impact collection and disclosure
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Factors
• Institutional policies
• Geographical settings
• Varying knowledge and skill level
• Relationships inside the institution
• Relationships with supporting agencies
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How to Enhance Reporting
• Provide multiple ways for people to report
• Get the word out
• Forge relationships with likely first responders and advocates
• Review processes for the most complex crimes
• Train CPS, student affairs, others on initial intake
• Acknowledge interconnected nature of both compliance & crimes17
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How to Enhance Reporting
• Transparency
• Accountability
• Education
• Collaboration
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Conclusion
• Our campuses are reasonably safe places
• Crimes do occur – are you ready?
• Clery crime data can be useful, if you use it
• Making it useful (and accurate) requires collaboration
• Collaboration and coordination are key
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