On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 06:04:44 -0700, Scott O Lilienfeld wrote: >BTW, Bob Sternberg is no longer at Tufts University; he is now at >Oklahoma State University, as Provost and Senior VP
Bob just keeps rising higher and higher (rimshot!). >(I have to say that I'm quite surprised that Tufts University was >listed #1...would like to hear more about the methodology - like >Mike P., I really wonder how much these findings are attributable >to reporting bias). Among the most dangerous schools are Harvard, MIT, and other Cambridge area schools. It is possible that Cambridge is a hotbed of crime and vice or the campus crime reporting procedures have been developed to a high level (there are other possibilities). Some of the other most dangerous schools are in places that I am familiar with and I am not too surprised that they are on the list. For example, in the early 1990s I did some consulting work for the Board of Education in Newark NJ which was located in the business district of Newark. During lunch time I'd walk over to the Rutgers-Newark campus and the NJ Institute of Technology which were only a few blocks away. Newark has had and continues to have a high crime rate and one has to be streetwise to know where it is safe to go and where it is not. I assume that it may take students attending Rutgers-Newark and NJIT some time to figure out how to take care of themselves as well as safeguard their property. Similarly, several Philadelphia area schools (U of Penn, Temple, etc) are listed on the most dangerous list. Having spent some time in Philly, I can appreciate that the neighborhoods that these schools are located in require some street smarts. I have been to the University of Chicago only once for a workshop but I was aware that it was surrounded by what might be considered a dangerous neighborhood, so it is not surprising to me that it and several Chicago universities are on the dangerous list. In these situations I think that the local context (i.e., neighborhood) has to be taken into account as well as how good the crime detection and reporting systems are by the universities. Then again, I have always felt that Harvard may have been a dangerous place. ;-) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=4879 or send a blank email to leave-4879-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
