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Week Ending September 16, 2005

S.RES.221 A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Campus Safety Awareness Month".

BRIEF

The Resolution preamble reports that US college and university campuses between 2000 and 2002 were home to 86 homicides, 7,648 sex offenses, 9,649 aggravated assaults and 3,590 arsons. Up to 25 percent of female students become victims of a completed or attempted rape during their college careers, the preamble said. The incident of alcohol aggravating crime is also reported to be extensive.

The Month would increase awareness of the problem on US campuses and the various ways in which the behavior can be prevented.

{Full resolution below}

Sponsor: Senator Russell D. Feingold (D-WI)

Vote: Passed Senate by Unanimous Consent (September 14, 2005)

Cost to the taxpayers: No discernible cost but the Resolution preamble approximated the cost of property damage at $2.8 million yearly.

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 1/5 and 1/4 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 dollars 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, and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Student Government Association have 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 Senate supports the goals and ideals of `National Campus Safety Awareness Month'.

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