Campus Safety Research
resources from the UNC
Library [call numbers in brackets]:
Fisher, Bonnie S., ed. Campus crime: Legal, social, and policy perspectives. Springfield, Ill.: C.C. Thomas, 1995.
[HV6250.4.S78 F57 1995]
Lewis, Laurie. Campus crime amd security at post secondary education institutions. Washington, D.C.: Department
of Education, 1997. [EDI.328/5:C 86]
National criminal justice reference service document data base [CD-ROM] (Rockville, MD.: U.S. Department of
Justice, 2000). [J28.31/2]
resources
from Academic Universe Lexis-Nexis:
Argetsinger, Amy. (2001, February 5). Loss of innocence on campus: Sense of safety often false, experts say
[Online], 23 paragraphs/987 words. Available: LEXIS-NEXIS [2001. February,17].
Hicks, Jerry. (2000, September 11). Spotlight: Safety of the college campus; outlining college crime prevention
101 [Online], 30 paragraphs/1027 words. Available: LEXIS-NEXIS [2001, February 17].
Leinwood, Donna. (2000, October 4). Campus crime underreported. Colleges have been caught misreporting
violence statistics. Now, an upgrade law penalizes $25,000 for each wrong figure [Online], 30 paragraphs/2035
words. Available: LEXIS-NEXIS [2001, February 17].
Thomas, Alice. (2000, November 21). Burglary is most common crime reported on college campuses; department
of education starts posting campus crime information online [Online], 21 paragraphs/1165 words. Available:
LEXIS-NEXIS [2001, February 17].
(2001, September 11). What universities and colleges must report about campus crime [Online], 8 parapraphs/372
words. Available: LEXIS-NEXIS [2001, February 17].
Web resources:
Security On Campus, Inc. - Campus Crime Prevention
http://campussafety.org or http://www.soconline.org
This site has lots of information about campus safety. It includes resources, public policy, and news. It also has a search
for the page.
Security On Campus, Inc.
Campus Crime and Security at Postsecondary Education Institutions
http://ope.ed.gov/security
Campus security statistics can be found at this site. Over 6,000 colleges are included. Some information is controversial
because of the way crimes are reported and recorded.
U.S. Department of Education
Campus Crime Links
http://www.case.org/flshfils/crime/crimelink.htm
This site provides links to other websites with info about campus safety. The Council of Advancement and Support of
Education (CASE) provides this website as part of its goal to help education advancement officers improve their
institutions of education.
Council of Advancement and Support of Education, Flash Files
The Campus Safety Journal
http://www.campusjournal.com
This periodical covers everything that's happening in campus safety across the nation. Features include discussions, an
information center, documents and information for security professionals, and safety training seminars.
Campus Safety Journal
Campus Security
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/PPI/security.html
This site is associated with the Department of Education. It includes numerous resources about regulations, documents and
data. There are also links to other resources.
Department of Education; Office of Postsecondary Education
The Controversy Over Napster
Continues
Napster is an Internet clearinghouse of sorts that allows users to get music files directly from other users through a peer-
to-peer connection. Users can then download those files onto their own computers at absolutely no cost. Napster is run
through a central hub that has made it easy to identify it as a source for shared files (1).
It is estimated that 13 million Americans use Napster and there are millions more internaional users. The massive
downloading of free music has made some professionals in the music industry upset because they feel that they are being
cheated out of money they deserve. However, Napster CEO Harry Barry claims that Napster actually helps the industry by
allowing people to sample music that they may later buy (2).
Recently Napster lost its defense against the disgruntled industry. "The courts are saying that even shiny new technologies
are subject to old rule covering theft" (3). Nonetheless, the administration at Napster plans to appeal the decision. Even if
they do not succeed, people may still be able to get downloadable music from file-sharing programs such as Gnutella and
FreeNet that arent't as easy to trace because they don't use a central hub.
Notes:
(1) "Swapping of Music Rampant on the Net," Chicago Sun-Times, 13 February 2001, 7 paragraphs Also Available [Online]:
LEXIS-NEXIS [17 February 2001].
(2) "Napster Controversy Comes to Capitol Hill," Associated Press, 11 July 2000, 7 paragraphs Also Available [Online]:
TheKCRAChannel.com [17 February 2001].
(3) Franzen. "A Victory for Copyrights," Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 February 2001, 5 paragraphs Also Available
[Online]: LEXIS-NEXIS [17 February 2001].