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ERIC Number: ED374756
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994-Sep
Pages: 49
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: ISBN-0-16-045240-6
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: N/A
Campus Security: A First Look at Promising Practices.
Kirkland, Connie J.; Siegel, Dorothy G.
This booklet is designed to assist colleges and universities as they develop policies, procedures, and programs to increase safety, respond appropriately to victims of crime, and fully comply with federal requirements established by the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990. Part 1 presents 11 topics for helping define comprehensive, exemplary campus security programs. Topics include: statement of behavioral expectations by chief officers of the institution; a plan for timely dissemination of information; effective campus security organization and personnel; services designed to foster safety through prevention; security-sensitive physical plant design and maintenance; a fair, just, clearly articulated judicial system; victims' assistance programs; special considerations for residence halls; special attention to more volatile areas; good campus-community relations; and campus crises prevention and response plan. Part 2 presents some examples of practices, shared by campus officials across the country, that may be helpful to other colleges and universities, categorized according to Part 1's topic areas. Appendix A lists the schools cited in the report. Appendix B lists resources in the field of campus security. (JDD)
U.S. Government Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents, Mail Stop: SSOP, Washington DC 20402-9328 (Stock No. 065-000-00681-2).
Publication Type: Books; Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Programs for the Improvement of Practice.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act 1990
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A