Crimes In College Campuses

College campuses are a very influential piece of property. Teens tend to find themselves and find their life-time friends on the campuses. Many thoughts run through teens minds when they enter a college campus. They think about where they will spend their free time, who they are going to hang out with, and what clubs they are going to join. But when parents walk onto college campuses, they tend to think about how safe the campus really is. They search for emergency poles, security guards, police officers, and video cameras. Sending one’s impressionable teen out the door onto an unknown campus is a scary thought. Parents just want their children to be safe and happy, but most of all safe. Crimes occurring at colleges are increasing year after …show more content…
The parties look fun, exciting, raging, and unforgettable. But one reason that makes them unforgettable is the inappropriate and dangerous activities that go on at them. Women are mainly the target for the date rape drug because they are vulnerable. Women do not generally have a guy around for protection unless that guy is a boyfriend. Guys will see a lonely girl and try to make a move, but when they are rejected they try something else. They turn to a dangerous drug that makes the woman lose consciousness. She does not understand what is happening or what is going on. She will just feel lost. While she is not in her right mind, sadly, a guy will take advantage of her. Well what is a woman supposed to do? She is being targeted but doesn’t realize it. One of the precautions a college could take is to promote party safety, not just for women, but also for men. The college could form a mandatory class on party safety. It may seem a little idiotic for a college to promote “party safety”, but it could save a young person’s life. The information about “party safety” could take place during orientation. The college would not have to orchestrate another meeting, it would take care of two jobs at once. The facilitators could teach the students not to drink a drink from a stranger or to never leave ones drink lying around. When going to a party, do not go alone. Go in a group and keep an eye one another. This simple advice would …show more content…
A young woman tends to fear walking home alone more than a young man would. She feels vulnerable, helpless, and unprotected. A young man might feel fear, but generally will not be attacked. One thing that would improve campus safety would be to have security guards and officers on campus and readily available at all times. It would definitely be a large cost having to hire more security guards and having the hire police to stay on campus at all times. Also a good way to lessen people’s fear is to have emergency poles located every three hundred feet. An emergency pole is a pole that has a telephone that calls the security office. If a student was ever in trouble and felt targeted, he could simply run to one of those poles and press the button to ask for help. A security guard or police officer would be there in less than a minute. Emergency poles would be expensive to install but would last for years and would relieve many students’ fears. But not all colleges have the funds or have donators to pay for such expensive precautions. “The Contra Costa Community College District, which has almost 62,000 students in the San Francisco Bay Area”, decided to remove some of their emergency poles due to the expensive up keep. It cost about $50,000 annually for upkeep. Hiring more security would also be an expensive endeavor. Nevertheless, there is another way to make