The “Clery Act” is named in memory of 19 year-old Lehigh University freshman Jeanne Ann Clery, who was raped and murdered on April 5, 1986 while asleep in her residence hall room.
Jeanne’s parents, Connie and Howard discovered that students hadn’t been told about 38 violent crimes on the Lehigh campus in the three years before Jeanne’s murder.
They joined with other campus crime victims and persuaded Congress to enact this law, which was originally known as the “Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990.”
Reporting
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is the landmark federal law, originally known as the Campus Security Act, that requires colleges and universities throughout the United States to disclose information about crime on and around their respective campuses.
Because the law is directly tied to participation in federal student financial aid programs, it applies to most institutions of higher education, both public and private. The act is enforced by the U.S. Department of Education.
Geography
As detailed in Part II: Clery Geography, of the FSA Handbook Appendix Clery Geography is divided into three categories: on-campus, non-campus building or property; or public property.
Online map coming soon. In the meantime, you can receive a copy by calling University Police at 713.313.1813.