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... > social science subjects > law > legal specialisms > education law > higher education law > concepts, theories, and legal principles > statutes > Clery Act
... > social science subjects > law > legal specialisms > education law > higher education law > statutes > Clery Act

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Clery Act  

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  • The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, commonly called the Clery Act, is a federal law enacted in 1990 for the purpose of providing college and university students with important information about campus crime and security policies at the higher education institutions they attend. This entry reviews the purpose and provisions of the act and the amendments to it as well as the limited litigation that has dealt with it. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Higher Education; Clery Act]

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