The Influence Of The Jeanne Clery Act - 1541 Words

Introduction In 1986, Jeanne Clery was 19 years old living on the campus of Lehigh University. Clery was tortured, raped, and murdered in her dormitory. Both she and her parents thought she was safe, unbeknownst to them, Lehigh University had a high statistic for violent crimes. People believed the history of crime would be a known fact about the university, however, there were no standards for reporting of campus crime events. After the murder of their daughter, Connie and Howard Clery took to Capitol Hill to lobby for change. This paper will discuss the background of the Jeanne Clery Act, how the act came to be, the perception of the act and how well it was received, as well as the impact it had on higher education. The Jeanne Clery Act†¦show more content†¦In addition, FERPA allows students the right to inspect their education records and pursue appropriate changes to their records (Miller, T. 2017). Also, established in 1992 was the Campus Sexual Assault Victim’s Bill of Rights. This detailed the basic rights afforded to sexual assault victims (Clery Center, n.d.). Ten years from the initial groundwork, in 1998, a provision was made that no longer made the outcomes of a student’s disciplinary case involving violence or non-forcible sex offenses protected from disclosure under federal laws concerning the privacy of students (Clery Center, n.d.). There was also an amendment made that eliminated loopholes in the policy. Eliminating loopholes, the amendment mandated daily security department logs of crime and expanded the requirements that included areas off-campus. Two years later, an amendment called the Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act required appropriate law enforcement officials to add to the Annual Security Report a statement about how to find information about registered sex offenders in and around the area. In 2008, the Higher Education Opportunity Act widened the Clery Act scope. Emergency response and notification provisions were expanded, hate crimes categorization for reporting was broadened, there were safeguards for whistleblo wers implemented, and finally, the Department of Education is required to annually report on Clery Act compliance. Following a landmark decision, in 2013, the Violence Against WomenShow MoreRelatedSexual Assault Policy During The United States2221 Words   |  9 Pagesthrough the act of policy layering and have not significantly resolved the problem. This paper will discuss sexual assault policy from 1972 to 2013. Sexual assault has been addressed in six pieces of legislature. Two of the six policies are layered policies intended to amend failures in preceding policy. Current sexual assault policy exists in the form of Title IX of 1972, the Victims of Crime Act of 1984, the Jeanne Clery Act of 1990, the Campus SaVE Act of 2013, and the SAFER Act of 2013. OfRead MoreSexual Assault Policies2167 Words   |  9 Pages The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or for short Clery Act is another law that is put in place to protect sexually assaulted victims. This act requires every college campus to divulge â€Å"statistics concerning the occurrence of certain criminal offenses reported to local law enforcement agencies or any official of the institution who is defined as a ‘Campus Security Authority’ (police). The Clery Act was passed in 1990. It was named Clery afterRead MoreCampus Crime : The Dark Side Of The Ivory Tower1456 Words   |  6 Pagesbook as the dark side of the ivory tower) did not pop up overnight. Instead, they argue that through a long and arduous process, four different activist groups were able to socially construct the problem as a proper and pertinent social issue, and influence legislation designed to curb campus crime, and hold those responsible, accountable for their action or inaction. Before exploring the process of constructing campus crime as a social issue, Sloan III and Fisher (2011) found it necessary to report