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Pusch, Natasha – Youth & Society, 2022
School delinquency in public elementary, middle, and high schools has decreased in recent years, but is still a major issue that has negative mental health and academic implications for adolescents. Although research has focused on both individual-level and school-level explanations of school delinquency, it is not yet clear which macro-level…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention, Crime
Haoyi Wei – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation adds to the economic study of gun and marijuana laws. Chapter 1 studies the impact of stand your ground laws (SYGs) on traffic fatalities. Chapter 2 investigates the effects of campus concealed carry laws (CCCs) on higher education outcomes. Chapter 3 looks at the impact of medical marijuana laws (MMLs) on youth crimes. The first…
Descriptors: Marijuana, Weapons, Laws, Traffic Safety
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DePaoli, Jennifer; McCombs, Jennifer – Learning Policy Institute, 2023
A rise in the number of school shootings over time has driven increasing attention to school safety. However, school shootings are not the only physical safety threat students may encounter at school. Other types of violence include sexual assault, robbery, physical attack or fights, and threats of physical attack (with or without a weapon). In…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Aggression, Crime
Levine, Phillip B.; McKnight, Robin – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020
This paper examines student exposure to school shootings in the United States since the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School. We analyze shootings that occurred during school hours on a school day and resulted in a death. These shootings are likely to be uniformly reported and have a greater potential to cause harm -- either directly or…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Educational Environment, Death
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Riley Burr; Jana Kemp; Ke Wang; Deanne Swan – National Center for Education Statistics, 2024
Using data from the School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), this report presents findings both on crime and violence in U.S. public schools and on the practices and programs schools have used to promote school safety. SSOCS is managed by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of…
Descriptors: School Safety, Public Schools, Crime, School Surveys
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Irwin, Véronique; Wang, Ke; Cui, Jiashan; Thompson, Alexandra – National Center for Education Statistics, 2023
This is the 25th edition of Indicators of School Crime and Safety. This report provides summary statistics to inform the nation about current aspects of crime and safety in schools. This report does so by highlighting selected findings from 23 indicators on various school crime and safety topics. By synthesizing findings in this way, the report…
Descriptors: Crime, School Safety, Elementary Secondary Education, Violence
Nowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2020
In addition to the potential loss of life, school shootings can evoke feelings of profound fear and anxiety that disturb a community's sense of safety and security. Questions have been raised about whether schools' approaches to addressing student behavior are a factor in school shootings. These approaches include discipline that removes the…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Elementary Secondary Education, School Safety
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Brewer, Steven Lawrence, Jr.; Meckley-Brewer, Hannah; Stinson, Philip M. – Children & Schools, 2017
Bullying and aggression in schools can have a traumatic and lasting effect on the well-being of children and youths. Using data from the 2013 National Crime Victimization Survey's School Crime Supplement, this study uses a chi-square automatic interaction detection (CHAID) decision tree and logistic regression models to identify factors that…
Descriptors: Bullying, Aggression, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
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Docherty, Meagan; Sweeten, Gary; Craig, Tyleia; Yang, Vevette J. H.; Decrop, Romain; Beardslee, Jordan; Piquero, Alex; Clark, Catie; Pardini, Dustin – Journal of School Violence, 2020
Although studies have identified risk factors for adolescent handgun carrying, previous research on risk factors for carrying a handgun to school specifically is sparse. This study examines self-report data from 122,840 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students from 426 schools across Arizona, from three survey administrations (2014, 2016, and 2018). In…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, High School Students, Adolescents, Weapons
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Wang, Ke; Kemp, Jana; Burr, Riley – National Center for Education Statistics, 2022
Using data from the School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), this report presents findings both on crime and violence in U.S. public schools and on the practices and programs schools have used to promote school safety. SSOCS collects data from public school principals about violent and nonviolent crimes in their schools. The survey also collects…
Descriptors: Crime, School Safety, Violence, Public Schools
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2019
Gang affiliation is not something that students leave behind when they come to school. Gang members do not leave their behaviors, attitudes, and conflicts outside the school environment. Gangs, unchecked and unidentified in a school setting, often engage in threat and intimidation; physical and cyber bullying; fighting; recruiting; and criminal…
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, School Safety, Behavior Problems, Aggression
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Kim, Jeongsuk; Gentle-Genitty, Carolyn; Kim, Jangmin – School Psychology International, 2020
Many studies have examined significant factors associated with school delinquency among adolescents, including relationship violence, property damage, and other serious threats to students' safety. However, students' coping behaviors after being victims of or witnesses to violence and other forms of delinquency have not been thoroughly examined.…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Middle School Students, High School Students, Violence
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Wang, Ke; Kemp, Jana; Burr, Riley – National Center for Education Statistics, 2022
Using data from the School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), this report presents findings both on crime and violence in U.S. public schools and on the practices and programs schools have used to promote school safety. SSOCS collects data from public school principals about violent and nonviolent crimes in their schools. The survey also collects…
Descriptors: Crime, School Safety, Violence, Public Schools
Finkelhor, David; Turner, Heather; Shattuck, Anne; Hamby, Sherry; Kracke, Kristen – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2015
This bulletin discusses the second National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV II), which was conducted in 2011 as a followup to the original NatSCEV I survey. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sponsored both surveys. The Crimes against Children Research Center of the…
Descriptors: Violence, Children, Crime, Child Abuse
US Department of Education, 2016
Campus security and safety is an important feature of postsecondary education. The Department of Education is committed to assisting schools in providing students nationwide a safe environment in which to learn and to keep students, parents and employees well informed about campus security. These goals were advanced by the Crime Awareness and…
Descriptors: School Safety, College Environment, Guides, Compliance (Legal)
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