1. Campus Crime Statistics For 2003 Now Available 2. Christian Brothers University Mishandled Sexual Assault Complaint According To Federal Review 3. Campus Crime In The News
	Campus Crime Statistics For 2003 Now Available Washington, DC-College and university campus crime statistics are now available from both the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice under the Jeanne Clery Act and Uniform Crime Reporting program respectively. Clery Act statistics from more than 6,000 schools can be accessed through the SOC web site's main page as well as the Crime Statistics page where the FBI data, for about 500 schools, can also be accessed. Summary information for the Clery Act statistics is not yet available, but is expected later this year. Christian Brothers University Mishandled Sexual Assault Complaint According To Federal Review Office for Civil Rights Complaint No. 04-03-2043 (Christian Brothers University) Findings Letter (PDF) Commitment To Resolve Agreement (PDF) Memphis, Tenn.-In the wake of charges that it failed to properly respond to a sexual assault complaint in the fall of 2002, a federal review conducted by the U.S. Department of Education has found that Christian Brothers University (CBU) did not have adequate response procedures in place and violated the civil rights of the victim in that case. According to the review, which was concluded in March of 2004 and recently obtained by Security On Campus, Inc. (SOC), CBU's policies and practices in place at the time didn't comply with Title IX, a federal law designed to prohibit sexual harassment and assault. The U. S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights Chief Attorney, Howard Kallem, wrote in a letter to CBU, "the University did not... have adequate complaint procedures in place. The procedures do not, as written, provide for prompt and equitable resolution of sex discrimination complaints, including complaints of sexual harassment and assault." OCR also determined that CBU specifically failed to promptly and effectively respond to the victim's original complaint of assault as required by the Title IX regulations. Two other Christian Brothers schools have also come to the attention of the U.S. Department of Education in recent years. In 2002, St. Mary's College of California was accused of improperly reporting campus crime statistics and omitting required sexual assault policies from an annual report given to students. In June of this year, SOC asked the Department to review LaSalle University's sexual assault policies after a female basketball player claimed she was raped by a men's basketball player and then was allegedly discouraged from reporting by coaches. Federal reviews in both cases are still ongoing. Campus Crime In The News Lawsuit Claims Rape Cover-up at CBU (WREG-TV; 10/29/04) Lehigh withholds, releases sketch (The Brown and White; 10/21/04) J.A. Releases Sexual Assault Numbers (Cornell Daily Sun; 10/21/04) FSU group takes on alcohol (Tallahassee Democrat; 10/20/04) University of Kentucky police reports must list victims' names (AP; 10/19/04) Sexual assault penalties disputed (The Cavalier Daily; 10/19/04) Prowler has people on guard at Lehigh University (The Morning Call; 10/17/04) Rape case may spark investigation (Oxford Press; 10/15/04) Witnesses 'uncooperative' (The Oklahoma Daily; 10/15/04) A fatal mix of zest, trust (The Denver Post; 10/15/04)
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