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Crime at Community Colleges

EDINFO Number 97-7

From the ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges

Crime is a major concern on many college campuses. In an effort to better understand the nature and extent of crime at higher education institutions, Congress passed the Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act in 1990. Title II of the act requires higher education institutions receiving student aid funds to report their campus crime statistics. The following are the number of crimes per 1,000 students reported for 276 public two-year colleges:

Property crimes are the most common, with burglary appearing as the most frequently reported violation, and motor vehicle theft also appearing in the top three. Crimes against persons, such as assault, robbery, and sexual offenses were substantially less frequent.

This information was reported in Lewis, L., and Farris, E. "Campus Crime and Security at Postsecondary Institutions, NCES 97-402." Washington, D.C.: National Center for Education Statistics, 1997. Single copies of this document are available from the National Library of Education (NLE), (800) 424-1616 or (202) 219-1651; email: library@inet.ed.gov.

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