Liquor law and drug abuse violations are on the rise according to the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, released October 1.
The most current report includes data from 2011, 2012 and 2013. The report is a result of the Clery Act and is required by all institutions of higher education that receive money from the federal government for financial aid. The act passed in 1990 after Jeanne Clery was raped and murdered in her dorm room at Lehigh University in 1986. After her murder, her parents questioned why they did not know that the campus had a relatively high crime rate.
The goal is to make crime statistics and preventative measures taken by the university available to current students, employees, prospective students and parents.
For DePauw, arrests for liquor law violations rose from 15 to 26 between 2012 and 2013, while judicial referrals for liquor law violations fell from 179 to 157. Arrests for drug abuse violations rose from 13 to 28, while judicial referrals rose from 15 to 24.
“What we’ve seen is more activity in our residence halls and out and about on campus,” said Angie Nally, director of public safety. “We had a couple of situations that a lot of people were in the same case, so that also increases the numbers.”
The report now includes separate categories from domestic violence, dating violence and stalking as a result of the Violence Against Women Act.