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Controlling Crime and Delinquency in the Schools: An Exploratory Study of Student Perceptions of School Security Measures

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Brown, Ben – Journal of School Violence, 2005

This paper provides an analysis of data on school security measures which were obtained from a survey administered to a sample of 230 high school students. The majority of students indicated that the school police officers and security officers help keep the schools safe and that the drug-sniffing dogs help reduce drugs in the schools, but there…

Descriptors: School Security, Police, Security Personnel, Gender Differences

Bullets, Blades, and Being Afraid in Hispanic High Schools: An Exploratory Study of the Presence of Weapons and Fear of Weapon-Associated Victimization among High School Students in a Border Town

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Brown, Ben; Benedict, Wm. Reed – Crime & Delinquency, 2004

This article presents data obtained from a survey of high school students in Brownsville, Texas. Almost half of the students reported having seen other students carry knives at school, roughly 1 in 10 reported having seen other students carry guns at school, and more than 1 in 5 reported being fearful of weapon-associated victimization at school.…

Descriptors: Weapons, Victims of Crime, Fear, High School Students