Examining the Impact of Federal Grants to Reduce Violent Crimes Against Women on Campus

Abstract

Close to 25 years after the legislation known as the Clery Act was passed, student victimization, especially sexual assault, remains a pressing and serious issue for higher educational institutions. The Clery Act (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)), which was reauthorized as the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act in 2013, and Title IX inform how universities should work to prevent and respond appropriately to incidents of sexual assault on their campuses. However, students-and the federal government-