{"id":295,"date":"2007-10-08T12:48:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-08T18:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/2007\/10\/08\/stigma-fear-power-control-in-the-u-district\/"},"modified":"2007-10-08T12:48:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-08T18:48:00","slug":"stigma-fear-power-control-in-the-u-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/pubcrim\/2007\/10\/08\/stigma-fear-power-control-in-the-u-district\/","title":{"rendered":"stigma, fear, power, & control in the u-district"},"content":{"rendered":"

today’s seattle times<\/em> includes a story <\/a>about how the university of washington is forcing 13 sex offenders to move out of an area just north of the university. for the past seven years, a number of sex offenders on probation have lived quietly in rental houses near the fraternities and sororities of the u-dub greek system. while the offenders have never caused trouble, people in power–including university president mark emmert and washington governor christine gregoire–have decided they must relocate.<\/p>\n

landlord carol clarke works closely with each of the felons who rents from her, setting strict ground rules and encouraging them to do good; with short notice she is about to lose 13 of her 55 tenants. she intends to fight the university to let the tenants stay; in her view, the students cause more trouble than her tenants.<\/p>\n

several things bother me about this story, but i’ll point out two. first, while a spokesperson for u-dub panhellenic said they haven’t had specific problems with any of the13 individuals, “sororities have been advised to know the location of sex-offender housing and ‘gain as much information as they can’ about sexual predators in the area.” i wonder if that includes looking into the fraternities and dorms in the area, as well. chances are if a student is going to be sexually assaulted, it will be by a fellow student and not a stranger who happens to live in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n

second, “As part of the UW’s neighborhood plan, [vice-provost] Godfrey said the university is looking into purchasing properties and maintaining them as student rental housing. He said Clarke’s five homes are in the real-estate corridor they are interested in most.” interesting. so, with the governor’s approval, they force a quarter of the residents out of the very rental properties they are hoping to purchase.<\/p>\n

whose interests are really being protected here?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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