An attempted burglary by a fellow student, Clery's death has served as a catalyst for changes in campus safety in recent years. Dedicated to keeping their daughter's memory alive, and determined to inform potential victims, Connie and Howard Clery combined settlement money from the trial of Jeanne's killer with their own assets to form Security On Campus, Inc., a non-profit organization out of Pennsylvania. The SOC has a Web site and a semi-annual newsletter, Campus Watch, containing incident reports from around the country and updates on legislation for campus safety. In making violent acts and deaths public, the Clerys hope to spread statistics nationwide. In this way, they intend to help students make more informed decisions when choosing colleges, and encourage increased safety measures.
Every student has the right to know all reported incidents of violence on each campus.
The Clerys have also worked for campus s afety off-campus by lobbying at the state level. The laws they have helped enact in Pennsylvania have given way to federal laws as well. President Clinton re-named it in honor of Jeanne Clery in 1998. This act states that every student has the right to know all reported incidents of violence on each campus. The Clerys also recognized their daughter with the Jeanne Clery Award, which is given annually to both campuses and students taking a step to further campus safety.