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So what is the Clery Act?
Kawther Mohammed
Issue date: 4/23/07 Section: Inside WCC
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The Clery Act was created to ensure the safety and wellbeing of students in and around college and university campuses. It was enforced to regulate and disclose information about campus crime rates to students, faculty, and staff members who attend or work on a college campus.
As the Security On Campus Inc. informs on its website that the act was brought to Congress after 19-year-old Jeanne Ann Clery was raped and murdered in the resident hall of Lehigh University while she was sleeping, on Apr. 5, 1986. After her murder, Clery's parents discovered that the campus had 38 crimes in the span of three years before her death, of which no students, staff members, of faculty had been informed.
It is a postsecondary school's obligation to report to students and faculty about the crimes that occur on campus in an annual report, as well as three years worth of crime statistics.
Institutions that disobey the act may face penalties up to $27,500 per violation or suspend the violators from participating in federal student financial aid programs.
If anyone suspects that a school has violated the Clery Act, a complaint must be filed to the Department of Education.
A full list of violators of the Clery Act can be found on the Security On Campus Inc. website. The most recent case occurred with Ohio State University in December of 2006, which was charged with a number of offenses.
EMU is under speculation of disobeying the Clery Act for not disclosing information to students about Laura Dickinson's rape and murder sooner,
Initially, the name of the act had been "Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990." However, in remembrance of Clery, the act was renamed in 1990.
The most recent amendment to the act was made in 2000. As of 2003, it is required that schools notify the campus community about where sex offender information could be obtained.
As the Security On Campus Inc. informs on its website that the act was brought to Congress after 19-year-old Jeanne Ann Clery was raped and murdered in the resident hall of Lehigh University while she was sleeping, on Apr. 5, 1986. After her murder, Clery's parents discovered that the campus had 38 crimes in the span of three years before her death, of which no students, staff members, of faculty had been informed.
It is a postsecondary school's obligation to report to students and faculty about the crimes that occur on campus in an annual report, as well as three years worth of crime statistics.
Institutions that disobey the act may face penalties up to $27,500 per violation or suspend the violators from participating in federal student financial aid programs.
If anyone suspects that a school has violated the Clery Act, a complaint must be filed to the Department of Education.
A full list of violators of the Clery Act can be found on the Security On Campus Inc. website. The most recent case occurred with Ohio State University in December of 2006, which was charged with a number of offenses.
EMU is under speculation of disobeying the Clery Act for not disclosing information to students about Laura Dickinson's rape and murder sooner,
Initially, the name of the act had been "Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990." However, in remembrance of Clery, the act was renamed in 1990.
The most recent amendment to the act was made in 2000. As of 2003, it is required that schools notify the campus community about where sex offender information could be obtained.
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