E. Our institutions should be safe places for their students-first and foremost. The reputations of our colleges and universities do not take precedence over the awareness of its students for their safety. Institutions of higher learning usually pride themselves for disseminating the truth, be it good news or bad news. B. U.S.A. Today Series of Articles got 690 institutions, out of 1,4000, to report their crime statistics. The Santa Monica Rape Center and Towson State University Center for the Study and Prevention of Campus Violence have completed studies showing 1 out of 4 to 1 out of 6 women students are victims of sexual assault while on campus.
Campus rape is a national scandal and growing.
It is very important that the Attorney General's Office enforce H.R. 3344. Many institutions do and will report fewer crimes than actually took place. Cornell for years reported their crime statistics for the F.B.I. Uniform Crime Report. They did not report the 2 murders for inclusion in the Report. The President forced the head of Campus Security to amend the report to 1 crime.