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Your Opinion Matters to Us!
As we look back over the past three years of our operation, we understand your support and partnership are cornerstones of our success. Our goal is to ensure we continue to improve our services and we need your help.
We encourage you to take our 10-minute
Anniversary Evaluation Survey
and provide your anonymous feedback to help us assess our services and adjust future offerings as well as make overall improvements to our organization.
We have created a small
photo gallery to commemorate our anniversary. These photos highlight some of our work and collaborations with federal partners, associations, and peer organizations. We hope you'll take a look.
Don't hesitate to
contact us with questions about any of our services. Thank you for your continued support!
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Indicators of School Crime and Safety Report Released
Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2016
(PDF). This report provides data on crime and safety at schools from the perspectives of students, teachers, and principals collected by various surveys from 2009 through 2015. It includes 23 indicators of crime and safety such as victimization at school, teacher injury, bullying and cyber-bullying, school conditions, fights, weapons, the use and availability of drugs and alcohol, and student perceptions of personal safety at school. The final two indicators relate to safety and security at institutions of higher education and include data through 2014 on college and university crimes, such as assault, sex offenses, theft, and burglary, and separately, hate crimes. Detailed tables include data on crimes, arrests, and referrals for disciplinary action based on institution type (Table 22.1) as well as hate crimes data by bias motivating the crime (Table 23.1).
Key findings for colleges and universities include the following:
- The number of on-campus crimes reported in 2014 was lower than in 2001 for every category except forcible sex offenses. The number of reported forcible sex crimes on campus increased from 2,200 in 2001 to 6,700 in 2014 (a 205 percent increase; Indicator 22).
- In 2014, slightly less than 27,000 criminal incidents were reported to police and security agencies on campuses, representing a two percent decrease from 2013, when 27,416 criminal incidents were reported. The number of on-campus crimes reported per 10,000 full-time-equivalent students also decreased from 18.4 in 2013 to 17.9 in 2014 (Indicator 22).
- The number of on-campus arrests for illegal weapons possession and drug and liquor law violations increased between 2001 and 2011 from 40,348 to 54,285, but has decreased since to 44,732 in 2014 (Indicator 22).
- Of the 804 total hate crimes reported on college campuses in 2014, the most common type of hate crime was intimidation (343 incidents), followed by destruction, damage, and vandalism (327 incidents), and simple assault (61 incidents; Indicator 23).
- Race and sexual orientation were the categories of motivating bias most frequently associated with hate crimes in 2014 (Indicator 23).
This year's report is the 19th version released by BJS and NCES. All previous reports can be found on the
BJS website
and are available with press releases, data tables, appendices, and more. Data for this year's report was compiled through national and international surveys supplied by federal departments and agencies, as well as nonprofit organizations including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the FBI, the Office for Civil Rights, and others. Details on data sources can be found in Appendix A.
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VALOR's Spotlight on Safety: Defusing Difficult Encounters
Every day, police officers make contact with community members and many of those encounters are uneventful. These officers also face difficult encounters that can be challenging and dangerous. Law enforcement agencies, including campus police departments, are responsible for ensuring their officers are well prepared to successfully defuse difficult encounters and can achieve this through fostering a culture of safety and accountability, as well as training officers in effective defusing techniques.
The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance's VALOR Program provides tools to help prevent violence against law enforcement and to enhance officer safety, wellness, and resiliency. VALOR's Spotlight on Safety: Defusing Difficult Encounters
web page offers information and resources, including printable materials, on basic defusing tactics. VALOR promotes three simple steps to help officers defuse an event:
- Slow down a difficult encounter
- Constantly assess the situation
- Take action to resolve the encounter with minimal or no force
VALOR's
Defusing Difficult Encounters webinar recording is now available for law enforcement officers to view online through a secure portal. A subject-matter expert discusses how to bring those difficult encounters to successful conclusions.
To access VALOR's secure online resources and webinar recordings, law enforcement professionals, including campus police, may complete this
registration form
. If you have questions for VALOR, please contact their
help desk
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Access our online calendar of events.
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Professional Development Opportunities
Title: Campus Safety Supervisors Academy - 6th Annual
Organization: Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Dates: June 24-27, 2017
Location: Geneva, NY
Fee: Registration fee
Title: Critical Decision Making for Complex Coordinated Attacks (PER-335)
Organization: National Center for Biomedical Research and Training
Dates: June 27-28, 2017
Location: Blackwood, NJ
Fee: Free
Title: NOVA's Annual Training Event
Organization: National Organization for Victim Assistance
Dates: August 14-17, 2017
Location: San Diego, CA
Fee: Registration fee
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Weekly Snapshot Directory
Access previous
Weekly Snapshot
articles in our easily searchable directory, which is updated monthly.
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NCCPS Institute
Registration is open for our 2nd Annual DC Institute! Learn about
conducting trauma-informed sexual assault investigations in line with evolving practices.
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News Articles
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resources, breaking news, and expanded information from our Weekly Snapshot.
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This project was supported by Grant No. 2013-MU-BX-K011 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the US Department of Justice.
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