MHA How Safe Are Our Campuses??

How Safe Are Our Campuses? What the Clery

Numbers Tell Us

Gary J. MargolisSteven J. Healy

© Margolis Healy & Associates, LLC

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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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

er

1000

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How Disclosed?

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2006 2007 2008 2009 20100

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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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2006 2007 2008 2009 20100

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4

6

8

10

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14

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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2006 2007 2008 2009 20105.3

5.4

5.5

5.6

5.7

5.8

5.9

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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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How Disclosed?

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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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