Campus security and safety are important issues in postsecondary education today. Providing students nationwide with a safe environment in which to learn and keeping students, parents and employees well informed about campus security are goals that have been voiced by many groups.

These goals were advanced by the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990. The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is committed to ensuring that postsecondary institutions are in full compliance with this act, and that the enforcement of the act remains a priority.

Compliance with this act, now known as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act, provides students and families, as higher education consumers, with the information they need to make informed decisions.

This handbook was designed to assist you, in a step-bystep and readable manner, in meeting the regulatory requirements of the Clery Act by guiding you through the regulations and explaining what they mean and what they require your institution to do. For example, this handbook contains references to specific sections of the regulations, highlights important information in side notes, and provides examples of documents that can be used as models for your institution. And, since no handbook could cover every situation, it also provides you with contact information if you need further assistance.

We hope that you will find The Handbook for Campus Crime Reporting to be a useful tool in assisting you in complying with the Clery Act. We urge you to share the information it contains with everyone involved with Clery Act compliance at your institution. (Forward)

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Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Education
Office of Postsecondary Education
By: Westat, Diane Ward, Janice Lee, 2005

CONTENTS
List of Illustrations.............................................................................................................. v
Foreword............................................................................................................................ vii
Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................. ix
Section 1: An Overview of Clery Act Compliance
Introduction.......................................................................................................... 1
1. What’s This All About Anyway? A Brief History of the Clery Act and a
Description of Compliance Requirements............................................................ 3
2. Important Turns on the Road to Compliance: Campus Characteristics to
Consider ............................................................................................................... 9
Section 2: Crime Data
3. Knowing What to Disclose: Classifying and Defining Clery Act Crimes........... 23
4. Where Do You Get All of This Information? Collecting Crime Data ................ 49
Section 3: Ongoing Disclosure Requirements
5. Alerting Your Campus to Threats: The Timely Warning.................................... 61
6. Writing It All Down: The Daily Crime Log........................................................ 67
Section 4: Annual Disclosure Requirements
7. Adding It All Up: How to Count Clery Act Crimes ............................................ 75
8. Not Just a Numbers Game: Disclosing Information About Policies, Procedures
and Programs........................................................................................................ 85
9. Special Considerations: Policies Regarding Sex Offenses and Offenders .......... 103
10. Getting the Word Out: Distributing the Annual Security Report........................ 111
11. Submitting Crime Statistics to the U.S. Department of Education:
Web-Based Data Collection ................................................................................. 115

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