The Clery Act's transparency purpose & campus sexual misconduct: A longitudinal analysis

Hannah Rochford; Corinne Peek-Asa; Whitney Zahnd; Brian Kaskie

doi:10.1080/07448481.2025.2461606

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The Clery Act's transparency purpose & campus sexual misconduct: A longitudinal analysis

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The Clery Act's transparency purpose & campus sexual misconduct: A longitudinal analysis

Hannah Rochford, Corinne Peek-Asa, Whitney Zahnd and Brian Kaskie

Journal of American college health, Vol.73(5), pp.2116-2128

05/28/2025

DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2025.2461606

PMID: 39937991

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Abstract

Campus sexual misconduct causes adverse physical, mental, behavioral, reproductive, and financial consequences. Informing prevention efforts at federal, state, and institution levels requires valid data. We assessed the appropriateness of Clery Act Campus Crime Statistics data for evaluating campus sexual misconduct. We sampled 40 institutions within the American Association of Universities (AAU) from 2014 to 2020. We determined annual differences between rates of sexual misconduct reported in public Clery Act data and those reported by institutional Title IX coordinator offices (which are not required to be public). Clery Act data offer a considerable undercount relative to Title IX Office sexual misconduct data. The magnitude of the differences was similar in both the institutions that published Title IX data and those that did not. Clery Act data are not appropriate for evaluating campus sexual misconduct, necessitating policy steps that require standardization and publication of Title IX Office data.

Campus violence

sexual violence

Clery Act

Title IX

sexual assault

sexual misconduct

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Title: Subtitle: The Clery Act's transparency purpose & campus sexual misconduct: A longitudinal analysis
Creators: Hannah Rochford - Texas A&M University
Corinne Peek-Asa - University of California San Diego
Whitney Zahnd - University of Iowa
Brian Kaskie - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of American college health, Vol.73(5), pp.2116-2128
DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2025.2461606
PMID: 39937991
NLM abbreviation: J Am Coll Health
ISSN: 1940-3208
eISSN: 1940-3208
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Grant note: Jane A. Weiss Memorial Dissertation Scholarship selection committee
The authors acknowledge with gratitude the 2022 Jane A. Weiss Memorial Dissertation Scholarship selection committee, and all of the campus sexual misconduct professionals whose perspectives made this work possible.
Language: English
Electronic publication date: 02/12/2025
Date published: 05/28/2025
Academic Unit: Occupational and Environmental Health; Health Management and Policy
Record Identifier: 9984787443402771

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