Jonathan Kassa
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Jonathan Kassa is Executive Director of Security On Campus, Inc. (SOC),the preeminent national nonprofit organization working to ensure safer campus communities for over two decades. As stewards of the landmark federal legislation Jeanne Clery Act, SOC builds upon historic accomplishments in advocacy, education, training, and policy reform. Jonathan has over 16 years of nonprofit experience in community oriented education and justice programming and holds a Masters in Public Administration from Villanova University.

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Learn the Virginia Tech Facts: Read the Report

Posted December 10, 2010 | 11:00:34 (EST)

The news is now out, the U.S. Department of Education has found that Virginia Tech violated the federal Jeanne Clery Act by:

  1. failing to issue an adequate and timely warning after the initial April 16, 2007, shootings on campus, and

  2. for failing to follow their published timely...

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Stand Up to Sexual Violence: SaVE Your Campus

Posted December 2, 2010 | 13:47:22 (EST)

In May of this year, the killing of University of Virginia senior Yeardley Love, allegedly by her boyfriend, focused America's attention on dating violence at college. The elements of this type of horrific tragedy were described in an extensive investigative report series by the Center for...

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The Jeanne Clery Act, Twenty Years Later: From Admitting to Addressing Campus Crime. Now What?

Posted November 8, 2010 | 14:56:58 (EST)

November 8 is the 20th anniversary of the landmark Jeanne Clery Act (originally known as the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990), named for the first year student who was brutally raped and murdered in her residence hall room in 1986 by a student she...

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