g.w. darcy spencer joins us live tonight from that area with more. >> reporter: good evening, craig.s you can see behind me students are just wrapping up watching a movie. they are being told to be careful, that there are some robberies in the area. it's back to class for george washington university students on monday. some are already getting a lesson in personal safety. there have been nearly a dozen robberies near the campus in recent months. >> i think it's terrible. i think it really shows a lack of security in the neighborhood. i think that students are much more of a target than anybody else, because they probably walk around the streets more at night than most people who live around here. >> reporter: the latest robbery happened here at 21st and l street northwest early saturday morning. a woman's purse snatched from her shoulder just blocks from campus. >> i talked to the chief about it. people in the second district who are in charge of foggy bottom. and they've assured me that they will step up patrols and may have more undercover officers in the neighborhood. particularl