NCJ Number
205296
Date Published
2004
Length
170 pages
Annotation
This report is a statistical summary of crimes reported on the campuses of all Tennessee institutions of higher education for the year 2003 and comparison years.
Abstract
In 1989, the Crime on Campus reporting program began under the requirements of the College and University Security Act enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee. Data related to crimes occurring on the campus and in student housing are required to be reported to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The government of Tennessee, as well as the public is informed as to the nature and extent of crime on the campuses of Tennessee’s institutions of higher education. In addition, the report provides law enforcement administrators with criminal statistics for administrative and operational purposes. Each report reflects data for the period of January through December 2003. The 2003 report includes sections for both analysis and comparison of offenses by year. The report is divided into four sections: (1) the introduction explains the crime on campus program, the calculation of crime and clearance rates, institution incident reports, and off-campus reports; (2) an analysis of offenses; (3) on-campus institution summaries; and (4) off-campus incident summaries. Report highlights include: (1) the total number of offenses reported on campuses increased 11.9 percent from 2002 to 2003; (2) larceny/theft offenses continue to comprise the largest percentage of offenses reported with 41.4 percent in 2003; (3) the total number of larceny/theft offenses reported showed an overall increase of 9.9 percent; (4) drug/narcotic offenses decreased 5.6 percent overall; and (5) reported crimes occurring off-campus continued to increase which was attributed, in part, to the increased awareness of law enforcement departments in identifying college students who are victims of crime occurring off-campus. Tables and appendices A and B