How Transparent is Your College/University with Crime data?
There are thousands of college campuses across the US, each with their own public safety department. In an attempt to map crime on college campuses nationwide, SpotCrime also runs Ucrime.com . Under the Jeanne Clery Act, passed in 1991 after Lehigh University student Jeanne Clery was murdered in her dorm room due to lapses in campus public safety, higher education public safety departments who participate in federal student financial aid programs in the US are required to release information on crime that has happened on or near their campus. The Act outlines requirements campus public safety departments need to follow in regards to publishing crime information. The type of crime offenses needed to be disclosed (as defined in Sections (1)(F)) are “...murder, sex offenses, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor vehicle theft, manslaughter, arson, and arrests or persons referred for campus disciplinary action for liquor law violations, drug-related violations, and weapons