A Look at School Crime Safety (Safety and Risk in Society)

Title Page......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Summary......Page 12
State Grants......Page 13
Program Performance......Page 0
National Activities......Page 17
Reauthorization Issues......Page 19
The SDFSCA Advisory Committee Recommendations......Page 20
State Grant Issues......Page 21
Data Requirements......Page 22
Reauthorization Status in the 110th Congress......Page 23
End Notes......Page 25
Summary......Page 26
Overview......Page 27
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act......Page 28
Grants to LEAs......Page 29
National Programs......Page 30
Other Relevant ESEA Programs......Page 32
Unsafe School Choice Option......Page 33
HEA Title IV Institutional Eligibility Requirements......Page 34
Campus Crime and Security Requirements in the HEA......Page 35
Funding and Related Support......Page 36
Public Information Availability......Page 37
End Notes......Page 38
Introduction......Page 42
Selected Findings: School Year 2007–08......Page 43
Estimate Tables......Page 45
Appendix A: Standard Error Tables......Page 66
Sample Design......Page 78
Data Collection......Page 79
Weighting......Page 80
Unit Response Rates......Page 81
Item Response Rates......Page 83
Sampling Variability......Page 84
School Characteristic (Row) Variables......Page 85
Table 1......Page 87
Table 3......Page 88
Table 6......Page 89
Table 9......Page 90
Table 11......Page 91
Appendix D: 2007–08 School Survey on Crime and Safety Questionnaire......Page 92
Endnotes......Page 110
Executive Summary......Page 112
Nonfatal Student and Teacher Victimization......Page 113
School Environment......Page 114
Fights, Weapons, and Illegal Substances......Page 115
Discipline, Safety, and Security Measures......Page 116
Purpose and Organization of This Chapter......Page 117
Data......Page 118
Indicator 1. Violent Deaths at School and Away From School......Page 120
Indicator 2. Incidence of Victimization at School and Away From School......Page 124
Indicator 3. Prevalence of Victimization at School......Page 131
Indicator 4. Threats and Injuries with Weapons on School Property......Page 133
Indicator 5. Teachers Threatened with Injury or Physically Attacked by Students......Page 137
Indicator 6. Violent and Other Crime Incidents at Public Schools and Those Reported to the Police......Page 146
Indicator 7. Discipline Problems Reported by Public Schools......Page 162
Indicator 8. Students’ Reports of Gangs at School......Page 165
Indicator 9. Students’ Reports of Drug Availability on School Property......Page 169
Indicator 10. Students’ Reports of Being Called Hate-Related Words and Seeing Hate-Related Graffiti......Page 172
Indicator 11. Bullying at School and Cyber-Bullying Anywhere......Page 179
Indicator 12. Teachers’ Reports on School Conditions......Page 187
Indicator 13. Physical Fights on School Property and Anywhere......Page 193
Indicator 14. Students Carrying Weapons on School Property and Anywhere......Page 198
Indicator 15. Students’ Use of Alcohol on School Property and Anywhere......Page 203
Indicator 16. Students’ Use of Marijuana on School Property and Anywhere......Page 209
Indicator 17. Students’ Perceptions of Personal Safety at School and Away From School......Page 212
Indicator 18. Students’ Reports of Avoiding School Activities or Specific Places in School......Page 216
Indicator 19. Serious Disciplinary Actions Taken by Public Schools......Page 220
Indicator 20. Safety and Security Measures Taken by Public Schools......Page 225
Indicator 21. Students’ Reports of Safety and Security Measures Observed at School......Page 231
School-Associated Violent Deaths Surveillance Study (SAVD)......Page 234
Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System Fatal (WISQARSTM Fatal)......Page 236
National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)......Page 237
School Crime Supplement (SCS)......Page 238
Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)......Page 241
Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)......Page 244
School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS)......Page 245
Accuracy of Estimates......Page 246
Statistical Procedures......Page 247
General Terms......Page 249
National Crime Victimization Survey......Page 250
Youth Risk Behavior Survey......Page 251
Schools and Staffing Survey......Page 252
School Survey on Crime and Safety......Page 253
References......Page 256
End Notes......Page 259
Index......Page 262