Security On Campus Update Vol. 2, No. 36
In This Issue

1. New Law Review Examines Campus Crime Issues

2. Campus Crime In The News


New Law Review Examines Campus Crime Issues

Stetson Law Review "Campus Violence Symposium" Table Of Contents (Fall 2002)

Introduction...S. Daniel Carter

The Clery Act: How Effective Is It?: Perceptions from the Field - The Current State of the Research and Recommendations for Improvement of the Act and Campus Safety...Dennis E. Gregory, & Steven M. Janosik

Making Campuses Safer for Students: The Clery Act as a Symbolic Legal Reform...Bonnie S. Fisher, et. al.

Breaking the Code of Silence: Bystanders to Campus Violence and the Law of College and University Safety...Joel Epstein

The Emerging Crisis of College Student Suicide: Law and Policy Responses to Serious Forms of Self-Inflicted Injury...Peter Lake & Nancy Tribbensee

The Appalachian School of Law: Tried but Still True...Wendy B. Davis

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The fall 2002 edition of the Stetson Law Review a special "Campus Violence Symposium" is now available on-line. The special issue features several articles examining the progress in campus security that has been made since the adoption of the federal Jeanne Clery Act a decade ago, and other emerging legal issues including bystander liability and student suicide.

"The Clery Act: How Effective Is It?" by professors Dennis E. Gregory and Steven M. Janosik features an extensive review of public discourse on the Clery Act and related campus crime legislation, recommendations for improved campus safety, and information from three studies conducted by the authors on the Clery Act's effectiveness.

"Making Campuses Safer For Students: The Clery Act As A Symbolic Legal Reform" by professors and noted campus crime researchers Bonnie Fisher, Jennifer Hartman, Francis T. Cullen, and Michael G. Turner addresses the Act from a research perspective and deals extensively with the difficulties the Act has faced in generating thorough and accurate crime statistics.

This edition also features two articles on areas of emerging civil liability institutions of higher education are facing when violence occurs on campus. "Breaking the Code of Silence: Bystanders to Campus Violence and the Law of College and University Safety" by higher education law expert Joel Epstein explores the obligations of members of a campus community when they "hear or see violence in the making."

"The Emerging Crisis of College Student Suicide: Law and Policy Responses to Serious Forms of Self-inflicted Injury" by higher education law experts Peter Lake and Nancy Tribbensee addresses shifts in law that indicate institutions of higher education are likely to face greater civil liability when they fail to take steps to prevent student suicide, including notifying parents or other family members of known danger signs.


Campus Crime In The News

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