Clery Act

The Clery Act was named after Jeanne Clery, who was raped and murdered in her dorm room by a fellow student on April 5, 1986. Her parents championed the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) in her memory.

This Act is a federal law that requires colleges and universities to report crimes that occur “on campus” and school safety policies. This information is available each year in an Annual Security Report (ASR), which can be found on your school’s website. The Clery Act also requires schools to have timely warning when there are known risks to public safety on campus.

The Clery Act also contains the Campus Sexual Assault Victim’s Bill of Rights, which requires colleges and universities to disclose educational programming, campus disciplinary process, and victim rights regarding Sexual violence complaints. The Clery Act was recently expanded by the Campus SaVE Act, which broadened Clery requirements to address all incidents of sexual violence (sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking).

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The Centenary University Security Report is required by federal law and contains policy statements and crime statistics for the school. The policy statements address the school’s policies, procedures and programs concerning safety and security, for example, policies for responding to emergency situations and sexual offenses.

Three years’ worth of statistics are included for certain types of crimes that were reported to have occurred on campus, in or on off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the school and on public property within or immediately adjacent to the campus. This report is available online. You may also request a paper copy from the Centenary Security Department.

Annual Security Reports:

• 2011-Annual-Security-Report
• 2012-Annual-Security-Report
• 2013-Annual-Security-Report
• 2014-Annual-Security-Report
• 2015-Annual-Security-Report
• 2016-Annual-Security-Report
• 2017-Annual-Security-Report
• 2018-Annual-Security-Report-final
• 2019-Annual-Security-Report
• 2020-Annual-Security-Report
• 2021-Annual-Security-Report
• 2022-Annual-Security-Report
• 2023-Annual-Security-Report
• 2024-Annual-Security-Report