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Download full textVéronique Irwin; Ke Wang; Jiashan Cui; Alexandra Thompson – National Center for Education Statistics, 2024
This report provides the most recent national indicators on school crime and safety. The information presented in this report serves as a reference for policymakers and practitioners so that they can develop effective programs and policies aimed at violence and school crime prevention. Accurate information about the nature, extent, and scope of…
Descriptors: School Safety, Crime, Schools, School Violence
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
Direct linkHuerta, Adrian H.; McDonough, Patricia M.; Venegas, Kristan M.; Allen, Walter R. – Urban Education, 2023
Research shows that gang-associated youth are less likely to complete high school and earn a postsecondary educational credential. However, scholars have not determined "why" gang youth do not persist into higher education. This ethnographic study aims to focus on the narratives of 13 Latino high school young men to understand what…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Juvenile Gangs, At Risk Persons, Academic Persistence
Seldin, Melissa; Yanez, Christina – National Center for Education Statistics, 2019
The tables in this report include data from the 2017 School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). These tables show the extent to which students with different characteristics report being bullied, including estimates by student sex, race/ethnicity, grade, and household income. The U.S. Census Bureau (Census)…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Student Characteristics, Gender Differences
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
Robers, Simone; Zhang, Anlan; Morgan, Rachel E. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
Our nation's schools should be safe havens for teaching and learning, free of crime and violence. Any instance of crime or violence at school not only affects the individuals involved, but also may disrupt the educational process and affect bystanders, the school itself, and the surrounding community (Brookmeyer, Fanti, and Henrich 2006;…
Descriptors: Crime, School Safety, National Surveys, Violence
Grekul, Jana; Sanderson, Kim – Journal of Youth Studies, 2011
Hobbema, Alberta, Canada is a community comprised of four First Nations. As with many of Canada's Aboriginal communities, Hobbema's population is young. High rates of socio-economic disadvantage, violence, family dysfunction, and substance abuse are linked to colonization, residential school policies, and discrimination. Crime rates, including…
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, Recreational Activities, Substance Abuse, Crime
Willman, Alys; Marcelin, Louis Herns – Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
This study explores community-level risk and protective factors for youth violence in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince's most violent slum. The youth of Cite Soleil have often been mobilized to violence by powerful actors as tools for achieving political or financial gain. Drawing on a formal survey (N=1,575) and ethnographic data collected between…
Descriptors: Violence, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, At Risk Persons
Dinkes, Rachel; Kemp, Jana; Baum, Katrina – National Center for Education Statistics, 2009
A joint effort by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics, this annual report examines crime occurring in school as well as on the way to and from school. It provides the most current detailed statistical information to inform the Nation on the nature of crime in schools. This report presents data on crime at…
Descriptors: Crime, School Safety, Violence, Victims of Crime
