Benjamin J. Marrison commentary: Universities hide crime information from public There are about 127,000 high-school seniors in Ohio this year. Many of them will head to college next fall. As these young people decide where to begin the next, important phase of their lives, they’ll spend countless hours researching which college best fits them. They’ll review many factors before making their decisions — academic majors, reputation, costs, community, etc. Understandably, safety is an important factor. Students and their parents want to know that the campus is safe. They need to know that if a student harms another, action will be taken to protect the student body and punish the wrongdoer. But as you’ll discover in the latest installment of Campus Insecurity, our ongoing investigation into campus justice, this isn’t as easy as Congress intended it to be. Our reporting project, conducted in partnership with the Student Press Law Center, found that campus judicial systems often impose light sanctions for serious infractions. Students who face justice within this secretive system sometimes are punished with slaps on the wrist, if they receive any punishment at all. The public is kept in the dark about what happens to those who commit acts of violence involving college students, despite a federal law that allows [...]The post Benjamin J. Marrison commentary: Universities hide crime information from public appeared first on Ohio news. ohianews/benjamin-j-marrison-commentary-universities-hide-crime-information-from-public-2/
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