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Irwin, Véronique; Wang, Ke; Cui, Jiashan; Zhang, Jizhi; Thompson, Alexandra – National Center for Education Statistics, 2021
This is the 23rd edition of Indicators of School Crime and Safety, a joint effort of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). This report provides summary statistics to inform the nation about current aspects of crime and safety in schools. This report covers a variety of topics on school…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, National Surveys, School Surveys, Crime
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Ivery, Donna; Endicott, Michael A. – Journal of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, 2018
The following will discuss school violence and address the relationship among students with special needs. Further research is needed on the effects of violence among special needs student populations. Efforts require observation and concrete data in order to understand how to address the increase in violence if we are to create safer schools.…
Descriptors: Violence, Students with Disabilities, Educational Environment, Weapons
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Wang, Ke; Chen, Yongqiu; Zhang, Jizhi; Oudekerk, Barbara A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2020
A joint effort by the National Center for Education Statistics and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, this annual report presents the most recent data available on school crime and student safety. The indicators in this report are based on information drawn from a variety of data sources, including national and international surveys of students,…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, National Surveys, School Surveys, Crime
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Gastic, Billie – Journal of School Health, 2010
In this article, the author discusses the important roles that students, school staff and teachers play in keeping the school safe particularly from weapons. The author believes that one way that they do this is by working together to reduce the problem of weapons in school. The role of school staff and teachers extends beyond prevention and…
Descriptors: Weapons, Violence, School Psychologists, School Safety
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Spano, Richard; Pridemore, William Alex; Bolland, John – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Two waves of longitudinal data from 1,049 African American youth living in extreme poverty are used to examine the impact of exposure to violence (Time 1) and violent behavior (Time 1) on first time gun carrying (Time 2). Multivariate logistic regression results indicate that (a) violent behavior (Time 1) increased the likelihood of initiation of…
Descriptors: Weapons, Gun Control, Longitudinal Studies, Safety
Newman, Graeme R. – US Department of Justice, 2005
This guide addresses the problem of bomb threats in schools, public or private, kindergarten through 12th grade. Colleges and universities are excluded because they generally differ from schools. The guide reviews the factors that increase the risk of bomb threats in schools and then identifies a series of questions that might assist departments…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Weapons, School Security, Responses