<p>“Are Amherst students involved in these rape reports? Or is it the people outside of the school causing campus crimes?”</p>
<p>Amherst students (according to the reports). There are almost no crimes of violence of sex crimes committed by non-students against Amherst students. </p>
<p>Personally, I think the best preventative step that colleges like Amherst can take is ensure swift and sure punishment of its apparently sizeable criminal element. When that happens, women (and some men) will be more likely to report the crimes committed against them both to the college and to the police, and would-be criminals will think twice (perhaps) about what they are doing. I think that is by far the best way to promote and ensure cultural change.</p>