"my Exercise in Life Is to Produce a Report That Nobody Reads:" Perceptions of Clery Act Use, Compliance, and Effectiveness
Year: 2016
Type: article
Abstract: This qualitative policy study used key informant interviews to determine the perceptions of systems administrators and Title IX coordinators who work at 12 different Colorado state institutions of higher education (IHE) regarding the compliance, use, and effectiveness of the 1990 Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) and its subsequent guidance and amendments on campus safety. Document analysis was used to determine compliance of 2015 Annual Security Reports (ASRs) with changes required by the 2013 Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (effective October 1, 2015). Additionally, discourse analysis was used as a qualitative methodology to examine discourses that are used in Colorado IHE ASRs and how these discourses shape Colorado IHE expectations and understandings regarding student behavior in relation to Clery Act issues. Finally, general systems theory was applied in understanding results of the document and discourse analyses, as well as the responses of participants.
Author: John L. Donovan
Language: English
Topic: Legal Issues in Education
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2907982007