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NCES releases "Indicators
of School Crime and Safety, 2012"
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The report examines crime occurring in school as well as
on the way to and from school and presents data on crime and safety at
school from the perspectives of students, teachers, and principals, drawing
from an array of sources.
Indicators of School
Crime and Safety provides the most current detailed statistical
information on the nature of crime in schools and school environments and
responses to violence and crime at school. It also presents data on crime
away from school to place school crime in the context of crime in the
larger society. The report covers topics such as victimization, bullying,
school conditions, fights, weapons, students’ access to guns without adult
permission, the presence of security staff at school, availability and
student use of drugs and alcohol, and
student perceptions of personal safety at school.
Key findings from this year’s report include:
• In 2011, students ages 12–18 were victims of about 1,246,000 nonfatal
victimizations at school, including 648,600 thefts and 597,500 violent
victimizations.
• In 2011, 10 percent of male students in grades 9–12 reported being
threatened or injured with a weapon on school property in the past year,
compared to 5 percent of female students.
• In 2011, about 28 percent of 12- to 18-year-old students reported having
been bullied at school during the school year and 9 percent reported having
been cyber-bullied.
• Seventy-seven percent of students reported observing the use of one or
more security cameras at their schools in 2011, which represented an
increase from 70 percent in 2009.
• In 2011, 5 percent of students in grades 9–12 reported having access to a
gun without adult permission. A higher percentage of males reported having
access to a gun without adult permission (6 percent) than females (4
percent).
• During the 2009–10 school year, 43 percent of schools reported the
presence of one or more security staff at their school at least once a week
during the school year.
To view the full report when it is released please visit
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2013036
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