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["S. Daniel Carter" <>]

Security On Campus has raised these, and other concerns with the Daily Beast
both this year and last. Some changes were made to this year's rankings
including the exclusion of forcible sex offenses from the rankings due to
the fact that institutions that do a better job of supporting vicitms
usually have higher numbers because more report but aren't necessarily more
dangerous.

The Grand Rapids Press has a good assessment, including comments from SOC,
of the whole sitaution at...

http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/09/grand_valley_davenp
ort_rated_a.html

> "When it comes to rankings, we look at statistics as a starting point rather
> than a horse race," said Daniel Carter, public policy director for Security 
> on
> Campus.

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Director of Public Policy
Security On Campus, Inc.
http://www.securityoncampus.org/
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on 9/16/10 10:19 AM, Wendy Murphy at 

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> higher numbers often means the school is in an urban setting and in any 
> event,
> higher numbers usually means the school is more honest about their issues -
> which is strong evidence they are being proactive about prevention - which
> means MORE safety.
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> wendy murphy
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> St. Louis Business Journal
> Copyright 2010 American City Business Journals
>  
> September 15, 2010
>  
> Washington University among most dangerous campuses
>  
> Washington University in St. Louis is among the most dangerous campuses in 
> the
> nation, while Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville is among the
> safest, according to anew rankingfrom The Daily Beast.
>  
> Washington Universityranks 13thon a list of the 50 most dangerous campuses,
> with 159 burglaries, 144 car thefts, 59 robberies, 30 aggravated assaults, 
> 22
> forcible   rapes , one murder and one arson over the last three calendar
> years.
>  
> SIUE, on the other hand, ranks as 21st on thelist of the 50-safestschools,
> with 17 burglaries, four forcible rapes, four car thefts, two aggravated
> assaults and two robberies over the past three years.
>  
> Overall, Tufts University in Boston ranked as the most dangerous school, and
> Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee ranked as the safest.
>  
> The Daily Beast looked at 458 schools with residential facilities and at 
> least
> 6,000 students. It examined data from the U.S. Department of Education, FBI
> and Secret Service.
>  
> EDITION: stlouis
>