Solution Essay: The Importance Of Dorm Safety In College

Of the many controversial topics that have occurred at Clarendon College one that seems of the upmost importance is dorm safety. While I do not personally stay in the dorms, friends of mine that do live in the dorms feel like the rooms are not properly secured. At the college there has been several people who have said that their doors to their rooms can just be kicked open whether they it is locked or not. This is not safe. When allowing their children to go to college many parents make the assumption that they will be in a safe environment and that they will be secured; however, this assumption is not always true. If many parents knew that their children were not in a safe and secure environment, more than likely they would not allow them to attend that college.

According to a 2012 poll by Robin Hattersley Gray, between 20 and 25 percent of women will experience a completed or attempted rape during their college career. Women are usually the most victimized of the student body at college. In most instances the women who are victimized are victimized by an intoxicated man who is out of control. In another poll from 2010, of the crimes that do happen at college about 50 percent of them took place in a dorm room, apartment, offices, and instructional areas. While many colleges have these areas secured, dorm room safety is something that has even our student on edge. When asking a faculty member of Clarendon College about the dorm room safety issue she said “I would not allow my daughter to go to college here.” If a faculty member doesn’t feel that the college is safe, then we as a college should probably change something. Also if many of the parents knew that the dorm rooms were not secured I’m sure there would be several complaints and possibly lawsuits complaining about the safety of their children. Although this is a problem, there is a possible solution to resolving the matter at