Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is the landmark federal law, originally known as the Campus Security Act that requires colleges and universities across the United States to disclose information about crime on and around their campuses.
Jeanne Clery, murdered in her dorm room, April 5, 1986.
Because the law is tied to participation in federal student financial aid programs it applies to most institutions of higher education both public and private. It is enforced by the U.S. Department of Education.
The “Clery Act” is named in memory of 19 year old Lehigh University freshman Jeanne Ann Clery who was raped. Jeanne’s parents, Connie and Howard, discovered that students hadn’t been told about 38 violent crimes on the Lehigh campus in the three years before her murder. They joined with other campus crime victims and persuaded Congress to enact this law, which was originally known as the “Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990.”
The law was amended in 1992 to add a requirement that schools afford the victims of campus sexual assault certain basic rights, and was amended again in 1998 to expand the reporting requirements. The 1998 amendments also formally named the law in memory of Jeanne Clery.
The law was most recently amended in 2000 to require schools beginning in 2003 to notify the campus community about where public “Megan’s Law” information about registered sex offenders on campus could be obtained and murdered while asleep in her residence hall room on April 5, 1986.
Yearly Crime Statistics
The State Center Community College District Police Department will publish annually a complete and comprehensive report summarizing all incidents of serious crimes that have occurred on the Campus during the previous three years. This annual report will be made available, upon request, to all individuals who are interested in enrolling as students at the College, and to all individuals who may be interested in seeking employment at the College.
Campus Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool
The Campus Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool is brought to you by the Office of Postsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education. This analysis cutting tool was designed to provide rapid customized reports for public inquiries relating to campus crime data.
Directions:
- Click here to get data for one institution/campus—this report will provide you with crime data for one campus that you select.
- Enter the name of your campus in the “Name of Institution” field. SCCCD campuses are organized as follows:
- Fresno City College
- Main Campus
- Career Technology Center
- Reedley College
- Reedley College
- Madera Community College Center
- Clovis Center
- Oakhurst Center
- Willow International
