Clery & Crime Alerts

Primary Crimes

1. MURDER AND NON-NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER

The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.

2. NEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTER

The killing of another person through gross negligence.

3. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT

An unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Simple assaults are excluded.

4. ARSON

Any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc.

Note that only fires determined through investigation to have been willfully or maliciously set are classified as arsons. Arson is therefore the only Clery Act offense that must be investigated before it can be disclosed. If other Clery Act offenses were committed during the arson incident, the most serious is counted in addition to the arson.

5. BURGLARY

The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft. Attempted forcible entry is included.

6. ROBBERY

The taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.

7. MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT

The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. A motor vehicle is self-propelled and runs on the surface and not on rails. Motorboats, construction equipment, airplanes, and farming equipment are specifically excluded from this category.

Sex Offenses

The Clery Act has four defined sex offenses for which crime statistics must be collected on Clery geography. They are: rape, fondling, incest and statutory rape.

8. RAPE

The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.

9. FONDLING

The touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age and/or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental incapacity.

10. INCEST

Non forcible sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.

11. STATUTORY RAPE

Non forcible sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent.

Alcohol, Drug and Weapon Violations

The Clery Act requires institutions collect statistics for violations of state law and or ordinances for drug, alcohol and weapons violations.

12. LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS

The violation of laws or ordinances prohibiting: the manufacture, sale, transporting, furnishing, possessing of intoxicating liquor; maintaining unlawful drinking places; bootlegging; operating a still; furnishing liquor to a minor or intemperate person; using a vehicle for illegal transportation of liquor; drinking on a train or public conveyance; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned. (Drunkenness and driving under the influence are not included in this definition.)

13. WEAPONS POSSESSION

The violation of laws or ordinances dealing with weapon offenses, regulatory in nature, such as: manufacture, sale, or possession of deadly weapons; carrying deadly weapons, concealed or openly; furnishing deadly weapons to minors; aliens possessing deadly weapons; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.

14. DRUG ABUSE VIOLATIONS

Violations of State and local laws relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing, and making of narcotic drugs. The relevant substances include: Opium or Cocaine and their derivatives (Morphine, Heroin, Codeine); Marijuana; synthetic narcotics (Demerol, Methadone); and dangerous non-narcotic drugs (Barbiturates, Benzedrine).

Hate Crimes

The Clery Act requires institutions collect crime statistics for hates crime associated with either the commission of a primary crime or the lesser offenses of larceny-theft, simple assault, intimidation, destruction of or vandalism of a buildings or property.

15. HATE CRIMES

A Hate Crime is a criminal offense that manifests evidence that the victim was intentionally selected because of the perpetrator’s bias against the victim.

Under the Clery Act, Hate Crimes include any of the following offenses motivated by bias: Murder and Non-negligent Manslaughter, Sexual Assault, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Motor Vehicle Theft, Arson, Larceny-Theft, Simple Assault, Intimidation, Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property. Larceny-Theft, Simple Assault, Intimidation, and Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property are included in your Clery Act statistics only if they are Hate Crimes.

Larceny-theft

The unlawful taking, carrying, leading, or riding away of property from the possession or constructive possession of another.

Simple Assault

An unlawful physical attack by one person on another where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration, or loss of consciousness.

Intimidation

To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual attack. Includes cyber-intimidation if victim is threatened on Clery geography.

Destruction, damage or vandalism of property

To willfully or maliciously destroy, damage, deface, or otherwise injure real or personal property without the consent of the owner or the person having custody or control of the property.

Violence Against Women Act (2013) Crimes

16. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

A felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim; by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common; by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner; by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred; or by any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred.

17. DATING VIOLENCE

Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim. The existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on the reporting party’s statement with consideration of the length of the relationship, the type of relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.

18. STALKING

Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to (1) fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others; or (2) suffer substantial emotional distress.

Course of conduct means two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which the stalker directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about, a person, or interferes with a person’s property.

Substantial emotional distress means significant mental suffering or anguish that may, but does not necessarily, require medical or other professional treatment or counseling.

Reasonable person means a reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the victim.

Stop Campus Hazing Act

16. HAZING

Intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate, that is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, a student organization; and causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (such as the physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury including: (1) whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on someone’s body, or similar activity; (2) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other similar activity; (3) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to consume food, liquid, alcohol, drugs, or other substances; (4) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to perform sexual acts; any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words or conduct; (5) any activity against another person that includes a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law; and any activity that induces, causes, or requires another person to perform a duty or task that involves a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law.

Student Organization

An organization at an institution of higher education (such as a club, society, association, varsity or junior varsity athletic team, club sports team, fraternity, sorority, band, or student government) in which two or more of the members are students enrolled at the institution of higher education, whether or not the organization is established or recognized by the institution.

There are important distinctions between the Curry College footprint that is patrolled by the Department of Public Safety and the reportable Clery Geography.

Clery Act Geography Definitions

The following definitions apply to the geographical locations of incidents disclosed in the crime statistics tables contained in the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.

On-Campus:

Any building or property owned or controlled by an institution within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area and used by the institution in direct support of, or in a manner related to, the institution’s educational purposes, including residence halls; and any building or property that is within or reasonably contiguous to the property described above in this definition, that is owned by the institution but controlled by another person, is frequently used by students, and supports institutional purposes (such as a food or other retail vendor).

On-Campus, Student Housing Facilities:

An institution that has on-campus student housing facilities must separately disclose two sets of on-campus statistics: the total number of crimes that occurred on campus, including crimes that occurred in student housing facilities, and the number of crimes that occurred in on-campus student housing facilities as a subset of the total. In other words, if a Clery Act crime is reported to have occurred in an on-campus residence hall, the incident is counted twice. It is reported in the overall on-campus statistics table and once in the on-campus residence hall statistics table.

Public Property:

All public property, including thoroughfares, streets, sidewalks, and parking facilities, that is within the campus, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus.

Non-Campus:

Any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the institution; or any building or property owned or controlled by an institution that is used in direct support of, or in relation to, the institution’s educational purposes, is frequently used by students, and is not within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution.

For reference, view the Clery Map and Campus Map to see the distinction.

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The Clery Act requires colleges and universities to disclose policy statements and crime statistics for incidents which occur on four defined areas: on-campus, in on-campus housing, on unobstructed public areas immediately adjacent to the campus and on non-campus properties owned and or controlled by the institution. This information is published in the Annual Security Report on or before October 1st annually for the preceding three years. The annual report is written in a Portable Document Format (pdf) and can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Acrobat Reader is free and can be downloaded. (clickable link to download Adobe Acrobat Reader)

2025 Curry College Annual Security Report

Previous Reports

The Department of Public Safety maintains records of its Annual Security Report and all supporting records used in compiling the report for three years from the latest publication of the report to which they apply. Please contact Director & Chief Patrick Foley at patrick.foley@curry.edu, if you would like access to previous Annual Security Reports.

Paper copies of the Annual Security Report will be made available upon request.

A Campus Security Authority (CSA) is an individual, who by virtue of their college responsibilities and under the Clery Act, is designated to receive and report criminal incidents to the Department of Public Safety so that they may be included and published in the College’s Annual Security Report.  

Who Are They?

Department of Public Safety personnel are CSAs, but because not all individuals will report to police, the Clery Act requires the university to designate additional individuals with specific responsibilities for campus safety and activities as CSAs. Some examples of CSAs, among others, includes, a dean of students who oversees student housing, a student center or student extracurricular activities; director of athletics, all athletic coaches (including part-time employees and graduate assistants); a faculty advisor to a student group; a student resident advisor or assistant; a student who monitors access to dormitories or buildings that are owned by recognized student organizations; a coordinator of Greek affairs; a Title IX coordinator; and the director of a campus health or counseling center.

The Clery Act defines a CSA as any of the following categories:

1. A campus police department or a campus security department of an institution, e.g. any member of Curry’s Department of Public Safety.
2. Any individuals who have responsibility for campus security but are not members of a campus police department or a campus security department (e.g., an individual who is responsible for monitoring the entrance into the institutional property, such as a security guard).
3. Any individual or organization specified in an institution’s statement of campus security policy as an individual or organization to which students and employees should report criminal offense; or
4. An official of an institution who has significant responsibility for student and campus activities, including, but not limited to, student housing, student discipline and campus judicial proceedings.

What They Do

A CSA must notify the Department of Public Safety of crimes or criminal incidents that are reported to him or her. They disclose statistics that fall under the Clery Act’s list of reportable crimes and occur within Clery geography.

If a CSA is notified of a crime in progress or an ongoing threat to the Curry College campus community, they will contact the Department of Public Safety for assistance.

Confidential Crime Reporting

Occasionally, a person may want to seek assistance anonymously. Certain positions and offices at Curry College are not CSAs, so the Clery Act reporting requirements do not apply to them. Those positions include:

1. Professional Counselors: A person whose official responsibility includes providing mental health counseling to members of the Curry College community and who is acting within the scope of the counselor’s license or certification. This definition applies even to professional counselors who are not Curry College employees but are under contract to provide counseling at the university.
2. Pastoral Counselors: A person who is associated with a religious order or denomination, is recognized by that religious order as someone who provides confidential counseling and is acting within the scope of that recognition as a pastoral counselor.

The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, or Clery Act, requires that all colleges and universities disclose crimes that have occurred on their campus to the federal government. These records are available for public review. Failure to accurately report campus crimes results in censure and fines.

What We Report

We must file incident reports when it meets the following requirements:

• the incident is reported to the Department of Public Safety, the local police (MPD), or a campus security authority by a victim, witness, third party or even the offender
• the incident occurs within Curry’s Clery-designated geography
• the officer or campus security authority believe the report was made in good faith (not rumor or hearsay)

Note: Under the Clery Act, crimes are reflected in the crime statistics in the year they are reported, whether or not they occurred in that year.

Reporting Boundaries

There’s an important distinction between the Department of Public Safety patrol boundaries and Clery reporting boundaries.

Clery reports only include areas owned and maintained by Curry or public thoroughfares immediately adjacent to Curry. For this reason, the numbers in the Clery report may differ from the Milton Police area crime reports.

Clery statistics include crime reports made at the following locations:

• everywhere on our campus (residences, offices, walkways, etc.)
• property off campus owned by Curry or a Curry recognized student organization
• sidewalks and streets immediately adjacent to Curry campus

For a clear picture of Clery boundaries, please refer to our Clery maps (clickable link back to our maps)

Clery Crime Definitions

Clery requires that we file crimes according to federal standards, terms and definitions (see the 'Clery Crimes and Definitions' accordion box above) At times, crime titles may not correlate with Massachusetts state standards.

The Daily Crime & Fire Log (DCFL) includes all calls or reports of crimes that are submitted to the Department of Public Safety.

The log lists reports – including anonymous reports – as received and does not reflect any assessment of whether a report is credible, whether a crime has been committed or whether a formal investigation will be opened. An entry in the log is intended only to provide timely, transparent information to the campus community about reported incidents on or near campus so that community members can make informed safety decisions. It is important to note that, in some cases, there may be a gap between when an event occurred and when it was reported to the Department of Public Safety.

It takes time to investigate these reports thoroughly and fairly, and we urge the Curry community to respect legal and college processes.  Do not target or threaten an individual or groups of individuals based on an incident summary or association with locations where a reported incident may have occurred.

Finally, if you have or think you have pertinent information related to something you see in one of the DCFL entries, please contact the Department of Public Safety. Likewise, if you feel threatened or retaliated against because of something in a log entry, please contact the Department of Public Safety.

A paper copy of the log is available for viewing at the Public Safety Office.

What is the Jeanne Clery Act?

The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act) is a federal law that requires institutions of higher education (all post-secondary institutions) in the United States to disclose campus security information including specified crime statistics on and near campus. It was first enacted by Congress in 1990 and most recently amended in 2013 by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act.

Who is Jeanne Clery?

In 1986 Jeanne Clery, a freshman at Pennsylvania’s Lehigh University, was murdered and sexually assaulted in her campus residence hall room by another student she didn’t know. Her school hadn’t informed students about 38 violent crimes on campus in the three years preceding her murder. Clery’s parents, Connie & Howard, led the crusade to enact the original Campus Security Act. In 1998, Congress formally named the law in memory of Jeanne Clery.

Which schools must comply with the Clery Act?

All institutions of post-secondary education, both public and private, that participate in federal student aid programs must publish and distribute an annual security report as well as notify the campus community of Clery crimes, occurring within a Clery Reportable Location, which represent a serious or continuing threat to members of the campus community and upon confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving and immediate threat to the health or safety of Curry faculty, staff, employees, students, patients and visitors occurring on campus.

What does Curry have to disclose under the Clery Act?

Curry will publish an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report or ASFSR (see the 'Annual Security Report' accordion box above) documenting the prior three calendar years of Clery Act crime statistics, security policies and procedures, and information on the basic rights guaranteed to victims of sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking.

Who is entitled to receive information under the Clery Act?

This report must be made available to all current faculty, staff, and students.  In addition, prospective faculty, staff, and students must be notified of the ASFSR’s existence and provided a copy upon request. Paper copies of the report will be available upon request from the Department of Public Safety. In addition, the Office of Admissions and Human Resources will publish a link to the ASFSR with a brief description on their respective web sites.

What is the Daily Crime Log?

Curry College must maintain a daily crime log documenting the “nature, date, time and general location of each crime” reported to the Department of Public Safety within the last 60 days, and the disposition, if known, of the reported crimes. Incidents must be entered into the log within two business days of receiving the report. The Daily Crime Log does not include personally identifiable information about the victim or the accused. The Daily Crime Log is available within the Public Safety Office, during normal business hours, and on the Department of Public Safety website (see the 'Daily Crime & Fire Log' accordion box above).  Requests for public inspection of daily crime log entries beyond 60 days must be made in writing to the Records Manager within the Department of Public Safety and will be made available to the requestor within two business days of the request.

Do College officials other than law enforcement have reporting obligations under the Clery Act?

Yes. Individuals at Curry who, because of their function, have an obligation under the Clery Act to notify the Office of Clery Act Compliance of potential Clery Crimes that are reported to them, or potential Clery Crimes that they may personally witness. These individuals are designated as Campus Security Authorities based on their position or due to official job duties, ad hoc responsibilities, or volunteer engagements.  The obligation to report potential Clery Act crimes observed by them, or reported to them by other individuals, is based on the report itself, without regard to whether the report has been investigated, substantiated, is plausible, or derives from a confidential source of information.

If a student reports an incident to a Campus Security Authority (CSA) in confidence, is the incident still reported to USC DPS?

A designated Campus Security Authority generally is not required to disclose information that would identify a victim of a crime who wishes to remain confidential. However, Campus Security Authorities are required to immediately report alleged Clery Crimes to the Office of Clery Act Compliance, including confidential reports. Campus Security Authorities may satisfy their reporting requirement by reporting directly to the Department of Public Safety and or the Title IX Office (for protected class issues). Reports will be assessed for inclusion in this report and for ongoing threat or safety issue, which may require an alert to the campus community.

May I opt out of receiving campus safety alerts?

Campus safety alerts include RAVE Alerts, Timely Warnings/crime alerts, and community safety advisory alerts. Some alerts are required by law; therefore curry.edu email addresses cannot opt out of these alerts.

RAVE Alerts is an emergency notification system that allows college officials to contact you during an emergency by sending messages via text and email. Students, faculty, and staff are automatically enrolled.

When a serious crime occurs on campus or in the surrounding community, the Department of Public Safety gathers information and sends out an email alert to the campus community. We also post the most recent alerts (see the 'Clery Alerts' accordion box above). We use crime alerts to warn you of potential threats but also as a way of seeking your support.

Does someone have to be convicted of a crime before it is reportable under the Clery Act?

No. Crime statistics must include the number of all reported offenses, without regard to the findings of a court, coroner or jury or the decision of a prosecutor.

What is Clery Geography?

Property that is considered by the Clery Act to be (1) on campus, (2) public property within or immediately adjacent to campus, or (3) non-campus buildings or property that the institution owns or controls, is frequented by students, and is used in support of educational purposes; as well as any building or property owned or controlled by a student organization or other institution-associated entity that is officially recognized by the institution Non-campus buildings or property may also include certain college-sponsored overnight trips to locations frequently used by students, controlled by the college (e.g., a lease or rental agreement is in place), and used in support of educational purposes.

What are the categories and definitions of the Clery crimes that must be disclosed?

Primary Crimes

Murder & Non-negligent Manslaughter: defined as the willful killing of one human being by another. 

Negligent Manslaughter: is defined as the killing of another person through gross negligence.

Aggravated Assault: is defined as an unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is accompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm.

Arson: any willful or malicious burning or attempt to burn, with or without intent to defraud, a dwelling house, public building, motor vehicle or aircraft, personal property of another, etc. 

Burglary: is the unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony or a theft.

Robbery: is defined as taking or attempting to take anything of value from the car, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/ or by putting the victim in fear.

Motor Vehicle Theft: is the theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle.

CONTENT WARNING: The following definitions address sexual assault offenses. Resources are available on and off campus to provide assistance.

Sex Offenses

Sexual Assault: Is defined as any sexual act directed against another person, forcibly and/or against that person’s will; or not forcibly or against the person’s will where the victim is incapable of giving consent, as well as incest or statutory rape. The following sex offenses fall with the definition of Sexual Assault:

Rape: The penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim.

Fondling: The touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental incapacity.

Incest: On-forcible sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.

Statutory Rape: Non-forcible sexual intercourse with a person who is under the age of consent.

Alcohol, Drug and Weapon Violations

Liquor Law Violations: The violation of state and local municipal laws and ordinances prohibiting the manufacture, sale, transporting, furnishing, possessing of intoxicating liquor; maintaining unlawful drinking places; bootlegging; operating a still; furnishing liquor to a minor or intemperate person; using a vehicle for illegal transportation of liquor; drinking on a train or public conveyance; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned. (Drunkenness and driving under the influence are not included in this definition.)

Weapons Possession: The violation of laws or ordinances dealing with weapon offenses, regulatory in nature, such as: manufacture, sale, or possession of deadly weapons; carrying deadly weapons, concealed or openly; furnishing deadly weapons to minors; aliens possessing deadly weapons; and all attempts to commit any of the aforementioned.

Drug Abuse Violations: Violations of State and local laws relating to the unlawful possession, sale, use, growing, manufacturing, and making of narcotic drugs. The relevant substances include: Opium or Cocaine and their derivatives (Morphine, Heroin, Codeine); Marijuana; synthetic narcotics (Demerol, Methadone); and dangerous non-narcotic drugs (Barbiturates, Benzedrine).

Hate Crimes

Includes all of the crimes listed above that manifest evidence that the victim was chosen based on one of the categories of bias listed below, plus the following crimes.

Larceny-theft: includes, pocket picking, purse snatching, shoplifting, theft from building, theft from motor vehicle, theft of motor vehicle parts or accessories, and all other larceny.

Simple Assault: an unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury involving apparent broken bones, loss of teeth, possible internal injury, severe laceration or loss of consciousness.

Intimidation: to unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack.

Destruction, damage or vandalism of property: to willfully or maliciously destroy, damage, deface or otherwise injure real or personal property without the consent of the owner or the person having custody or control of it.

Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Crimes (2013)

Domestic Violence: is defined by the Clery Act as a felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim; by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common; by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabitated with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner; by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred; or by any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred.

Dating Violence: The Clery Act defines Dating Violence as violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim. The existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on the reporting party’s statement and with consideration of the length of the relationship, the type of relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.

Stalking: Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to (1) fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others; or (2) suffer substantial emotional distress. For the purpose of this definition: 

• Course of conduct means two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which the stalker directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means follows, monitors, observes, surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about, a person, or interferes with a person’s property.
• Reasonable person means a reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the victim.
• Substantial emotional distress means significant mental suffering or anguish that may, but does not necessarily, require medical or other professional treatment or counseling.

Stop Campus Hazing Act

Hazing: Intentional, knowing, or reckless act committed by a person (whether individually or in concert with other persons) against another person or persons regardless of the willingness of such other person or persons to participate, that is committed in the course of an initiation into, an affiliation with, or the maintenance of membership in, a student organization; and causes or creates a risk, above the reasonable risk encountered in the course of participation in the institution of higher education or the organization (such as the physical preparation necessary for participation in an athletic team), of physical or psychological injury including: whipping, beating, striking, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful substance on someone’s body, or similar activity; (2) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing sleep deprivation, exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space, extreme calisthenics, or other similar activity; (3) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to consume food, liquid, alcohol, drugs, or other substances; (4) causing, coercing, or otherwise inducing another person to perform sexual acts; any activity that places another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words or conduct; (5) any activity against another person that includes a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law; and any activity that induces, causes, or requires another person to perform a duty or task that involves a criminal violation of local, State, Tribal, or Federal law.

Student Organization: An organization at an institution of higher education (such as a club, society, association, varsity or junior varsity athletic team, club sports team, fraternity, sorority, band, or student government) in which two or more of the members are students enrolled at the institution of higher education, whether or not the organization is established or recognized by the institution.

Where can I find more information on the Clery Act and its reporting requirements?

The United States Department of Education website has various resources to assist institutions in maintaining full compliance with the Clery Act.  

The Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting includes guidelines on how institutions must report and manage Clery compliance issues.

The Clery Center is a national nonprofit dedicated to helping college and university officials meet the standards of the Jeanne Clery Act. The provide the training and resources needed to understand compliance requirements.