2008 Woodie Awards
Latest campus crime statistics released
Jessica Anderson
Issue date: 10/7/08 Section: News
The newest campus crime statistics are now available on the Police and Parking Services website, in compliance of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure Act, a federal law requiring colleges to release crime information about their campuses on a yearly basis.
The most current statistics are only available up to the year 2007, as it takes some time to compile yearly crime figures. Information from the years 2005 and 2006 is also accessible on the website.
Statistics are available for a variety of offenses, ranging from murder to drug law violations. Such offenses are also grouped into four sub-categories: on-campus, residence halls, non-campus and public property. Non-campus refers to SSU-owned properties away from the main campus, and public property includes locations around the University's perimeter.
The category with the biggest jump in recorded violations was for arrests pertaining to liquor law violations. In 2007, thirty-eight arrests were made for such offenses on-campus, while twenty-three were made in the residence halls. This is in comparison to 2006, where only fourteen liquor law-related arrests were made on-campus and just nine in the residence halls.
Liquor law violations also racked up disciplinary referrals in 2007, totaling 503 as compared to 449 the previous year.
Forcible sex offenses, unfortunately, have risen from five occurrences in 2006 to eight reported cases in 2007.
Two robberies were reported on-campus in 2007, a change from no reported robberies in recent years.
Robbery is defined as "the taking or attempting to take anything of value…by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear," according to the Police Services website.
Burglary, however, slightly decreased last year across the board.
Burglary is described as "the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft."
Luckily, reported cases of arson have dropped from five incidents in 2006 to zero in 2007.
The most current statistics are only available up to the year 2007, as it takes some time to compile yearly crime figures. Information from the years 2005 and 2006 is also accessible on the website.
Statistics are available for a variety of offenses, ranging from murder to drug law violations. Such offenses are also grouped into four sub-categories: on-campus, residence halls, non-campus and public property. Non-campus refers to SSU-owned properties away from the main campus, and public property includes locations around the University's perimeter.
The category with the biggest jump in recorded violations was for arrests pertaining to liquor law violations. In 2007, thirty-eight arrests were made for such offenses on-campus, while twenty-three were made in the residence halls. This is in comparison to 2006, where only fourteen liquor law-related arrests were made on-campus and just nine in the residence halls.
Liquor law violations also racked up disciplinary referrals in 2007, totaling 503 as compared to 449 the previous year.
Forcible sex offenses, unfortunately, have risen from five occurrences in 2006 to eight reported cases in 2007.
Two robberies were reported on-campus in 2007, a change from no reported robberies in recent years.
Robbery is defined as "the taking or attempting to take anything of value…by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear," according to the Police Services website.
Burglary, however, slightly decreased last year across the board.
Burglary is described as "the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft."
Luckily, reported cases of arson have dropped from five incidents in 2006 to zero in 2007.
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