In the book “A Criminology: A Sociological Understanding” it talks about the different definitions of offenses. Many different offenses can happen on a campus that is either large or small like the University of South Carolina- Aiken. For instance the campuses that I examined the data of all had offenses of burglary. The book says, “Burglary: unlawful entry, completed or attempted, of property form another’s possession that does not involve force, threat, of force, or fraud; examples include thefts of bicycles or car accessories, shoplifting, pocket-picketing. (Barken, 39)” Many may think that there is only a select few of offenses on campus, but data can prove that hypothesis wrong.
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The only crime documented that year was Burglary at a total of 12. The crime rate that is calculated by the thousandth student enrolled comes to the results of 3.64. To look at a campus in the same state as USCA, Clemson is a much larger campus with 15,065 students enrolled. The Clemson University has multiple different crime offenses that happen on campus. The offense documented were “sex offenses- forcible” at 2, “robbery” at 2, “aggravated assault” at 3, “Burglary” at 21, “Motor Vehicle Theft” at 12, and “Arson” at 1. The total offenses documented on the campus for Clemson was 41 total crime offenses. The crime rate calculated by the thousandth student enrolled comes to the calculation of 1.92. Then the University of New York, which has sixteen different campuses with the University. At the NYU campus in Shanghai only one offense was documented as burglary, at the NYU campus in Florence/Villa La Pietra only two offenses were documented as burglary, at the NYU Medical Center/School of Medicine three offenses were documented as burglary, and the rest of the crime offenses were documented for the main campus of New York University. The crimes committed accumulated by all of the campuses for New York University were documented as “Sex- offenses- non forcible” at 4 and “Burglary” at 11. The total crimes committed on campus have been calculated at 15
On the website “Office of Postsecondary Education: The Campus …show more content…
The only crime documented that year was Burglary at a total of 12. The crime rate that is calculated by the thousandth student enrolled comes to the results of 3.64. To look at a campus in the same state as USCA, Clemson is a much larger campus with 15,065 students enrolled. The Clemson University has multiple different crime offenses that happen on campus. The offense documented were “sex offenses- forcible” at 2, “robbery” at 2, “aggravated assault” at 3, “Burglary” at 21, “Motor Vehicle Theft” at 12, and “Arson” at 1. The total offenses documented on the campus for Clemson was 41 total crime offenses. The crime rate calculated by the thousandth student enrolled comes to the calculation of 1.92. Then the University of New York, which has sixteen different campuses with the University. At the NYU campus in Shanghai only one offense was documented as burglary, at the NYU campus in Florence/Villa La Pietra only two offenses were documented as burglary, at the NYU Medical Center/School of Medicine three offenses were documented as burglary, and the rest of the crime offenses were documented for the main campus of New York University. The crimes committed accumulated by all of the campuses for New York University were documented as “Sex- offenses- non forcible” at 4 and “Burglary” at 11. The total crimes committed on campus have been calculated at 15