By Janel Davis – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. (n.d.). Georgia’s campus crimes, what’s the risk for in-town students? Retrieved November 5, 2016, from http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-education/atlantas-campus-crimes-concern-students-parents/nq5qM/

1.) Janel Davis is the author of an article titled “Atlanta’s campus crimes concern students, parents,” with a thesis that expresses Atlanta campuses ; “School, business and city leaders all have a stake in burnishing downtown’s image as a safe place for parents to send their children so that the universities, which have become integral components of the city’s economic development, maintain their positive momentum.”

2.) The type of evidence involved includes both candid and statistical reports that describe the composition of campuses in Atlanta and related crime rate in both open and closed off universities.

3.) The purpose of the text is to address the issue of crime in downtown Atlanta on college campuses, and what can be done to prevent this matter while also essentially defending the safety procedures that have been put in place to create a good, open environment and still protect students.

4.) The intended audience of this article are college students, law enforcement, and parents of these students in downtown Atlanta who are concerned about the safety procedures and open access to the Universities in the city.

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• An analysis of FBI data shows that for 2014, the most recent year available, the average rate of violent crimes is 5.5 per 10,000 for students on Georgia’s public colleges and universities. Georgia State reported about 3.7 crimes per 10,000.

  Georgia Tech reported 8.7, and Emory University reported about 12.2 per 10,000 students.

  Among the historic black colleges and universities, which are situated near some of Atlanta’s poorer neighborhoods, Morehouse College reported the highest rate. Its students reported about 28.4 violent crimes for every 10,000 students, Spelman reported 18.7, Clark Atlanta reported 20.

• The FBI warns about making campus comparisons because of the various factors — such as the makeup of the surrounding communities, ratio of male to female students and accessibility of a campus to outside visitors — that may affect the data.

  Carlton Mullis took over as acting police chief of Georgia State in March.

  “Many times the presence of so many quality-of-life issues, such as homelessness and panhandling, in this area lead to a misperception that downtown is unsafe or dangerous, when the reality is that you are less likely to be the victim of a violent crime here than in any other part of the city,” he said

Campus Map. (n.d.). Retrieved November 5, 2016, from http://www.spelman.edu/about-us/visit-us/campus-map

Clark Atlanta Students Want Campus Fenced In

T. The “invisible boundary” design of Georgia State University encourages the presence of non-academic community members, such as the homeless and business professionals who work in buildings adjacent to the campus. This intermingling of community members–student/faculty and others–celebrates diversity and leads to more opportunities for learning.

I. The “invisible boundary” design of Georgia State University encourages the presence of non-academic community members, such as the homeless.

*What is the “invisible Boundary” that constitutes GSU?

• Normal boundaries on campus may include fences or brick walls (Spelman) that separate academic areas of the campus from non-academic areas such as close neighborhoods, restaurants, stores, or businesses. However at GSU, the boundary is invisible because there is no division or cogent line that excludes non-academic people or unrelated infrastructure from the university.

II. The “invisible boundary” design of Georgia State University encourages the presence of non-academic community members, such as the business professionals.

III. Other, more traditional, “bound” campuses like Emory University, Spelman University, and Georgia Tech are designed in a way that generally groups all academic buildings together with restaurants and different businesses on the outskirts of campus or simply spaces out academic buildings and includes fences or walls that exclude others from the campus altogether. This would require students to travel off campus for miscellaneous activities such as buying groceries or running different errands.

III. This intermingling of community members–student/faculty and others–celebrates diversity and leads to more opportunities for learning.