HRES15OCT7

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Week Ending October 7, 2005

H.RES.15 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Campus Safety Awareness Month.

BRIEF

The Resolution preamble reports that “86 homicides, 7,648 sex offenses, 9,649 aggravated assaults, and 3,590 arsons were reported on-campus from 2000 to 2002.”

Further the preamble noted, “one fifth and one quarter of female students become the victim of a completed or attempted rape, usually by someone they know, during their college careers; each year more than 70,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault; each year more than 600,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are assaulted by another student who has been drinking; and 1,400 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes.

The Resolution declares October as National Campus Safety Awareness month.

Sponsor: Representative John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN-2^nd)

Vote: Passed House by voice vote October 5, 2005

Cost to the taxpayers: No discernible cost.

MORE INFORMATION

Whereas college and university campuses are subject to criminal threats both from within and outside their borders;

Whereas under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act a total of 86 homicides, 7,648 sex offenses, 9,649 aggravated assaults, and 3,590 arsons were reported on-campus from 2000 to 2002;

Whereas between one fifth and one quarter of female students become the victim of a completed or attempted rape, usually by someone they know, during their college careers;

Whereas each year more than 70,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault;

Whereas each year more than 600,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are assaulted by another student who has been drinking;

Whereas 1,400 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes;

Whereas each year there is approximately $2.8 million worth of property damage from fires on-campus;

Whereas Security On Campus, Inc., a national group dedicated to promoting safety and security on college and university campuses, has designated September 2005 as National Campus Safety Awareness Month; and

Whereas the designation of National Campus Safety Awareness Month provides an opportunity for colleges and universities to inform students about existing campus crime trends, campus security policies, crime prevention techniques, fire safety, and alcohol and other drug education, prevention, and treatment programs: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports the goals and ideals of National Campus Safety Awareness Month.

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