1. Drug And Alcohol Arrests Increased On Campuses In 2001 According To Chronicle Of Higher Education Analysis 2. Tennessee Governor Signs Legislation Opening More Campus Crime Records 3. Campus Crime In The News
	Drug And Alcohol Arrests Increased On Campuses In 2001 According To Chronicle Of Higher Education Analysis The amount of drug and alcohol arrests on college campuses increased in 2001 according to a Chronicle of Higher Education analysis of data submitted to the U.S. Department of Education under the Jeanne Clery Act. In a report published in the May 16th issue, the Chronicle reports that drug arrests increased 5.5 percent in 2001 from 11,420 the previous year to 12,048, and liquor arrests increased 4.7 percent in 2001 from 26,155 to 27,386. The analysis, including data from 4,711 two and four year degree granting schools, also reported a nearly 10 percent increase in reported forcible sex offenses from 1,947 to 2,125. More... Tennessee Governor Signs Legislation Opening More Campus Crime Records Nashville, Tenn.-More campus crime information will be available from Tennessee's public colleges and universities beginning this fall under legislation (Public Chapter 105, Acts of 2003) signed into law last week by Governor Phil Bredesen (D). Schools will now be required to publicly release the names of any students disciplined for committing a violent crime, or sex offense. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Harry Brooks (R-Knoxville) and Sen. Tim Burchett (R-Knoxville), will also allow violent crime victims to be told the results of disciplinary proceedings against their alleged assailants regardless of the outcome, make it clear that information about registered sex offenders on campus can be disclosed, and allow parents of students who are under 21 to be told if their child is disciplined for an alcohol or drug violation. More... Campus Crime In The News Bomb Is Suspected in Explosion in an Empty Yale Classroom (The New York Times; 05/22/03) Trial puts underage drinking in spotlight (The Clarion-Ledger; 05/21/03) WKU slaying puts spotlight on 3 lives (The Courier-Journal; 05/19/03) Drug and Alcohol Arrests Increased on Campuses in 2001 (The Chronicle of Higher Education; 05/16/03) Attacked UT coed fights to regain lost education (Knoxville News Sentinel; 05/16/03) Police arrest man in connection with university dorm fire that killed female student (AP; 05/11/03) Sex-Crime Sleuths Aim At Campus Predators (New York Post; 05/11/03) Does punishment fit campus crime? (The Herald-Sun; 05/10/03) Ex-Employee Held in Campus Attack (The New York Times; 05/10/03) Security a Factor in Picking Colleges (AP; 05/08/03)
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