NCJ Number
143800
Journal
Journal of Security Administration Volume: 16 Issue: 1 Dated: (1993) Pages: 21-29
Date Published
1993
Length
9 pages
Annotation
School administrators and campus law enforcement officials face the challenge of protecting students and faculty against crime, without creating a siege mentality, and a school's ability to respond to campus crime depends on the formulation of an operational program that addresses how the school will respond to serious campus crime and a well- researched crime prevention program.
Abstract
The Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act of 1990 seeks to accomplish three goals: encourage the development of security policies and procedures, ensure uniformity and consistency in campus crime reporting, and encourage the development of policies and procedures to address sexual assault and racial violence on college campuses. This act mandates that postsecondary schools report annual crime data to the Department of Education (DOE), but the first DOE report will not be published until September 1995. Meanwhile, Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) data show that the number of violent crimes reported to university or college police agencies increased by 13 percent between 1985 and 1990, from 1,685 to 1,904. UCR data also indicate that the number of property crimes on campuses decreased slightly between 1985 and 1990, from 85,356 to 84,915. Themes that need to be incorporated in an effective campus crime control program encompass school administration involvement, preplanning for emergencies, close working relationships between campus security and law enforcement personnel, appropriate crime prevention strategies that include both personal and physical security components, and education. 8 references