Hazing
Stop Campus Hazing Act
Clery Campus Safety Act Annual Security Report (ASR).
Campus Hazing Reports
As of January 1, 2025, higher ed institutions are required to report crime statistics and disclose security related information by adding hazing incident and prevention program data to the Annual Security Report.
Beginning on December 23, 2025, higher ed institutions will post hazing incidents, if found to be true, to the Campus Hazing Transparency Report.
Q & A
Hazing is defined as any activity expected of someone seeking or maintaining membership in a group that humiliates, degrades, abuses, or endangers them regardless of a person’s consent to participate. (Allan & Madden, 2008; Hoover, 1999).
There are three components that define hazing:
- It occurs in a group context
- Humiliating, degrading, or endangering behavior
- Happens regardless of an individual’s willingness to participate
The Spectrum of Hazing™ is a research-based resource developed by StopHazing researchers, Dr. Elizabeth Allan & Dr. Dave Kerschner. This current visual, developed from the research, outlines the three categories of hazing behavior (intimidation, harassment, and violence) and the inverse relationship between recognition and frequency of the behaviors. (Allan, E. J. & Kerschner, D. (2020). The Spectrum of Hazing™, StopHazing Consulting. https://stophazing.org/resources/spectrum)
EVERYONE. Hazing is also not limited to only Greek societies but ALL clubs and organizations. Our greatest contact and familiarity with hazing comes from the active-pledge or new member relationship. If hazing is occurring, usually an active member is harassing a pledge or new member. Hazing, however, is not limited to activities harassing pledges. It is also possible for a pledge/new member to haze an active; an active to haze another active; or a pledge/new member to haze another pledge/new member even if one is willingly requesting this harassment.