Clery

The Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (the “Clery Act”) is a federal statue requiring colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to disclose information about crime on and around their campus. 

Compliance is monitored by the United States Department of Education, which can impose civil penalties or a suspend institutions for noncompliance.

The law is named after Jeanne Clery, a 19-year-old Lehigh University student who was raped and murdered in her campus residence hall in 1986. Her murder triggered a backlash against unreported crime on campuses across the country.