Comparing Campus Crime Statistics Presents A Challenge

Washington University's approach highlights the problems with using campus crime statistics to compare the safety of schools nearly 10 years after Congress tightened loopholes in a law that requires colleges and universities to report statistics to the Department of Education and the public. Reporting methods vary from school to school. Victims don't have to file a report for the crime to be counted, and on some campuses, hundreds of staff, faculty and students may be responsible for reporting crime. Read more at:
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