Recently, several high profile on-campus crimes in Georgia have created a stir amongst the state’s biggest schools. For example, Georgia State University students have endured a number of disturbing crimes over the past months, including two robberies at gunpoint inside the school’s library. With Governor Deal currently deciding whether to pass new campus-carry legislation, is crime on the rise for Georgia colleges?

FBI statistics show that the amount of crime on urban campuses closely mirrors crime on rural campuses across Georgia.

We talk to Atlanta Journal-Constitution education editor Chris Quinn about campus crime in Georgia and the difference between urban and rural college crime statistics.

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