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Show Universities follow national crime trend Mr. Wilkinson added that many of the cases are never found out for a number of reasons. Some girls who are raped are embarrassed em-barrassed to report the crime. Many theft victims feel it is hopeless to even attempt to get the item stolen back. Over a 10-month period in 1970 the University had an approximate ap-proximate monetary loss of $80,000, and over the same period of time in 1971 the monetary loss was down to around $67,000. Statistics prepared by the University show the large majority of the crimes are committed by someone other than students, faculty or staff. In a 10-month period in 1971 the University suffered as follows in the felony department: one attempted forcible rape, one robbery, 108 burglaries, 219 cases of grand larceny, 28 auto thefts, 7 aggravated assault cases, and 28 cases involving narcotics. ' , By JAMES NELSON , j Chronicle Staff rne most recent trend American -olleges and universities have to """-ope with is a vast increase in Htime on campus. The University " 's not out of step with the crime "We. It dealt with 921 criminal "ases frm JanuarY 1970 to 'October of that year. January to October 1971 show the number of Criminal cases to be 1144. Captain Garth Wilkinson of University Campus Security said, eA lot of the University's lt(Voblems have dwindled as far as violence goes. Frankly the Jniversity has a lot of vulnerable property. You have a large ..number of cars in a small area. d The dorms are usually open while students are in class and it's very easy for someone from off campus to commit crimes. Students are really easy picking for the people who commit crime." Mr. Wilkinson has visited 2-3 other campuses over the past few years and felt that they were quiet, but like the University, usually had an increase in the crime rate. Campus Security operates with 26 security officers that have police powers. There are also three investigators who follow up the criminal cases. Mr. Garth stated this concerning the follow-up investigation: "When people call up with a problem involving crime they feel that the problem is of utmost importance. We try to treat all calls as important. We owe the University community that. To solve crimes we depend a lot on the citizens. They must get involved." in-volved." When asked if some students don't get involved because they don't want to rat on their fellow students, Captain Wilkinson said: "It's hard to convince the public that you are trying to help a person. "We're primarily interested in people. We don't want to lock a person up and throw the key away. Narcotics is different. There are a lot of people who don't feel marijuana is bad. It is also rather hard for a student who sees somebody walking out of a building in the middle of the day with some sort of equipment to tell if that is a theft." |