Formation | 2005 |
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Type | Student organization |
Purpose | Improving general safety for MIT students[1] |
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Website | mitcrimeclub |
The MIT Crime Club was a Massachusetts Institute of Technology student group known for its attempts to develop technological solutions to crime problems and for its unauthorized investigation of a murder in a Harvard dorm. It was established in 2005 to undertake campus-safety projects and raise awareness of campus and neighborhood crime. The group rebroadcast police radio transmissions online, assembled police-log compilations, and constructed crime maps.[2]
In 2009 the club hired two private detectives to investigate the murder of a drug dealer in a Harvard residence hall. The detectives were arrested and prosecuted;[3] the case was dismissed before trial.[4] The club later contributed to a Snapped: Killer Couples television episode about the murder.[5]
The founders of the MIT Crime Club are dedicated to improving general safety for MIT students, both on and off campus.
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