Colleges Under Reporting Crime - WSJ

[Eagle79]

<p>Interesting article from today’s Wall Street Journal on crime reporting by colleges. Apparently they are required to report burglaries but not larceny. Or so it seems.</p>

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Under a 1990 law known as the Clery Act, schools must report statistics on burglaries – but not larcenies – to the Education Department and to students and staff. Schools report larceny totals separately to the FBI for its annual report on crime in the U.S. But thefts, whether characterized as burglary or larceny, are only part of the problem of gauging campus security. Some schools have understated violent crimes such as robberies and sexual assaults.

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<p>I was a bit surprised by the numbers for Harvard highlighted in the article.</p>

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