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Marketing and University Communication UW-Green Bay, CL 815 2420 Nicolet Drive Green Bay, WI 54311-7001 (920) 465-2626 E-mail: hildebrs@uwgb.edu Last update: 10/4/06 |
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October 2, 2006 Crimes at UW-Green Bay continue to be few Annual study from 2003-05 shows campus a safe place for students By Paul Srubas
With a student population of just 5,800, the school doesn't generate crime numbers that are large enough to show trends, and changes from year to year are difficult to account for, Christopherson said Friday.
"We're not like a community where the population stays steady or you have areas of growing population," he said. "We change students by 1,000 a year or more, and that makes a big difference ... You have a turnover in (residence assistants) who may report things more often, and that affects the numbers."
The university had seven forcible sex offenses in 2003 and two each in 2004 and 2005, the study shows. There were six burglaries in 2003, seven in 2004 and none in 2005.
The largest numbers of offenses were thefts, which numbered 107 in 2003, 53 in 2004 and 34 in 2005.
Liquor law violations continue to be an issue on campus, with 68 arrests and 194 cases resulting in university discipline in 2005, the numbers show. There were fewer arrests for the offense in 2003, but more disciplinary actions.
Without clear trends, Christopherson said he's left with the strategy of trying to guess where to focus police attention.
"A big part of our thefts comes from vehicle break-ins," he said. "We try to look at how to prevent them. One way is to get people to report more suspicious activity; another would be to identify the times, the days of the week where they are occurring and to redirect patrol to those times."
He said UWGB remains one of the safest colleges in the UW System. Much of the reason behind that is that the college, though in one of the biggest cities in the state, is far removed from any downtown area and has limited housing around it, he said.
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