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Do Students Feel Safe On Campus? A Policy Evaluation Of The Clery Act, Amanda Sidwell
Do Students Feel Safe On Campus? A Policy Evaluation Of The Clery Act, Amanda Sidwell
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The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (the Clery Act) is federal policy aimed at creating safer college campuses. It attempts to provide students with statistics on crimes that occur on campus and inform them of the security policies and various resources available to them. The Clery Act also mandates that institutions of higher education (IHE) send out alerts of emergencies that occur on campus.
So how safe do Western Michigan University (WMU or “Western”) students feel on campus? This study attempted to answer this question by asking students through a survey. The students’ …