The Crime Victim Law Group has released a downloadable PDF of the blog series designed to help Atlanta renters avoid crime and find safe apartment buildings. “Choosing a Safer Apartment Community in Georgia” presents logical guidelines for finding a safe apartment complex; how to make your current apartment safer; and how to prevent crime from occurring at your apartment.

The purpose of the guide is to alert renters to conditions that enable criminals to prosper within an apartment complex. Being able to recognize these situations allows the renter to proactively avoid or fix them.

From finding an apartment to bolstering your own home, this Guide is intended to empower Atlanta renters so they might avoid becoming victims. When you know what to look for and what to do about it, securing your home environment is easy with a little diligence and forethought. Burglars and other criminals can be dissuaded from invading your space if you make it uninviting by following the advice given in this guide.

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PART THREE: Make your existing home SAFER!

In the final segment of our Apartment Safety Guide we will provide some information to make your CURRENT home safer- no matter where you live. In neighborhoods people consider safe, a false sense of security sometimes prevents people from taking easy and smart precautions. (more…)

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PART TWO: The Search Continues…

Thanks for coming back to read PART TWO of our three-part Apartment Safety Guide. Today we will continue to review considerations that could help you find the safest place to live.

Search Rule # 3 (for rules 1 and 2 see PART ONE of the series) – Review the Overall Condition of the Property
Walk around the complex during the day. Note how all the buildings are maintained. Are the grounds manicured? Are common areas neat? Is trash lying around? Are the laundry areas secure and clean? If there are luxuries such as a pool area or weight room, are they also well-maintained? The answers to these questions will give you an initial understanding of how the landlord and the residents treat the property. (more…)

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This is the first of our three-part blog series on finding and maintaining the safest apartment possible, regardless of your neighborhood. Whether you live in a Georgia area considered safe or more risky, it’s worthwhile to protect yourself by following a few simple rules when choosing your next residence or making some easy adjustments that will make you a bit more secure at your current residence.

PART ONE: The Apartment Search

If you are considering living in an apartment, you should first learn as much as possible about:

• the location and history of the apartment property
• the people who live and congregate on the property
• the location and physical integrity of the individual apartments you’re considering
• the management and maintenance staff

FACT: The vast majority of violent apartment attacks occur at properties that allow non-violent property crime and loitering to go unchecked. (more…)

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The month of April is the National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s (NSVRC) National Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The NSVRC is the U.S.’s main source of information for the prevention of sexual violence and resources for sexual assault victims. It is largely funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

While it was first observed nationally in 2001, April “officially” became National Sexual Assault Awareness Month when President Obama proclaimed it to be so, earlier this month.

The focus of this year’s SAAM campaign is the prevention of sexual assault on college campuses. Many school administrators have recently been under fire for not taking strong enough preventative and/or punitive measures for what is a prevalent problem on their campuses. (more…)

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Studies show that one out of every five female college students will be raped by a fellow student. When such crimes occur, colleges and universities are notoriously relaxed in their treatment of the sexual predators who use campuses as a place to prey upon women in vulnerable situations.

The majority of men who perpetrate these crimes are not expelled from school, even when they are found to be guilty by campus officials. A major reason for this is that many school officials assume that the students who commit these acts are good people whose judgment is impaired by alcohol. Experts argue that most of these people are actually serial predators. Only 10 to 25 percent of these students are expelled from school

According to the Center for Public Integrity, between 1998 and 2008, out of 24 complaints responded to, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) ruled against only five universities for failing to properly discipline male sexual offenders. (more…)

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Kansas City Kansas Community College has gone the extra mile in assuring the safety of its students, faculty, staff and members of the community with the installation of a new state-of-the-art $1.7 million security and fire alarm system.

Financing of the project was made possible by an 8-year, interest free loan from the State of Kansas. Read News Story Here

“We’re excited about it,” said Chief of Campus Police Greg Schneider. “It’s the latest technology in helping us fight crime and provide for the safety of the community. With such instances of campus violence that have occurred at Columbine, Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois and other schools, campus security has emerged as one of the top concerns, especially for students and parents when selecting colleges and this helps us meet those concerns.”

With a staff of 13 full-time and 20 part-time officers, KCKCC has long had a record for very few major crimes such as homicide, rape, robbery and assault. However, Schneider says that is not enough. (more…)

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