Entire cities unto themselves, college campuses have confusing address systems, transient populations, and their own public safety departments, making it difficult for students, parents, and faculty to marry public crime information with the geographical layout of the school. A new service called UCrime.com has set out to change that. Users view the date, time, location, and type of crime and have the option to comment on incidents as well as link to source information. Information is gleaned from police departments, campus safety departments, and newspapers, among other sources, and data is shared with SpotCrime.com. UCrime debuted with information on 101 colleges and universities. UCrime can send users a daily alert via email or mobile device that provides a roundup of incidents and can also provide information via the social networking site Facebook if a user has affiliated themselves with a school that UCrime tracks.
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