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Rubel, Robert J. – 1978
One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter explores programs designed to prevent or to reduce student crime and violence in secondary schools that are based on the assumption that pupils are competent to make rational decisions and take rational actions, and programs that assume pupils are not competent.…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Counseling Services, Delinquency Prevention, Delinquent Behavior
Grealy, Joseph I. – 1979
This volume focuses on school crime and programs to fight it. The book begins by relating serious incidents of school crime that involve students, teachers, administrators, facilities, and equipment. It also describes a school security program that the author maintains can be emulated by any school district regardless of size. It informs school…
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Crime, Drug Abuse, Elementary Secondary Education
Blauvelt, Peter D. – 1981
This handbook offers administrators specific advice on developing the skills, knowledge, and techniques needed for coping with problems of school crime and violence. The guide begins by advising administrators that having security information available at all times helps determine the climate of the school. Instructions are given for preparing…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Change Strategies, Discipline Problems
Responsible Action, Inc., Davis, CA. – 1978
The focus in this anthology is on practical approaches to school crime prevention and control. The collection begins with two papers describing approaches to the study of crime in schools. One of these outlines a strategy for basing prevention programs on the findings of research tailored to a particular school, while the other offers a conceptual…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Change Strategies, Crime, Delinquency
Morriss, Susan B. – 1993
A study of campus characteristics and crime rates used an economic theory of criminal choice to develop an explanatory model of campus crime. The model considered combinations of opportunities, incentives, and costs found on college campuses that may affect criminal choice. The components included location, accessibility, deterrents and wealth of…
Descriptors: Campuses, Colleges, Community Characteristics, Crime
Wyne, Marvin D. – 1979
From 1975 to 1978 the National Institute of Education conducted a national survey on school crime. They assessed the incidence and seriousness of the problem, the number and location of schools affected, the costs, the means of prevention used, and the effectiveness of these means. More than 4,000 elementary and secondary schools were surveyed and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Crime, Delinquency, Delinquency Prevention
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Planning and Budget. – 1976
A framework of goals, policy statements, and implementing activites is set forth aimed at integrating the different kinds of environment improvement activities now underway in the Hawaii Department of Education; expanding and improving those activities in orderly ways in the future; and suggesting new directions. Five areas are targeted for…
Descriptors: Administrators, Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Delinquency Prevention
Pearson, Dennis A.; Goff, Clinton – 1977
This project was part of the Portland High Impact Program and had as its goal a 60 percent reduction in burglary losses over a three-year period to be attained by installing centrally-monitored, silent, anti-intrusion devices in eleven schools. Comparison with eleven control schools indicates that the alarm system has demonstrated effectiveness in…
Descriptors: Alarm Systems, Attendance, Cost Effectiveness, Delinquency
Clegg, Roger – 1984
Documented effects of relaxed school disciplinary standards show the need for implementation of strict, consistent disciplinary measures. Poor school discipline endangers students and staff, contributes to teacher burnout, hinders student education, costs taxpayers, and encourages criminality both in and out of school. Students rights advocates…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Costs, Court Litigation, Crime
Foundation for Educational Administration, Burlingame, CA. – 1982
This guide has been prepared to assist school districts in self-appraisal of their policies governing discipline and control of violence and vandalism, and also to facilitate the development of new policies by providing model policies and procedures implemented in other school districts. Accordingly, the first section lists guidelines for policies…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Behavior Standards, Codes of Ethics, Delinquency Prevention
Smith, Michael Clay – 1988
A compilation, analysis and interpretation are provided of the court cases, involving crime or criminal-like behavior on college campuses, that have reached the appellate courts. The book is designed for the non-lawyer administrator. In addition, suggestions for successful administrative strategies are offered, together with checklists for…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Problems, College Administration, College Role

Sawyer, Kimberly A. – 1984
California's Proposition 8, known as "The Victims' Bill of Rights," contains a safe-schools provision that states: "All students and staff of primary, elementary, junior high and senior high schools have the inalienable right to attend campuses which are safe, secure and peaceful." Through extended reference to federal and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Discipline Problems
Center for Human Services, Washington, DC. – 1979
This trainer's guide provides content, activities, and background information for seven courses aimed at the prevention of school vandalism and violence. The courses are titled (1) Putting It All Together and Taking It Home, (2) Discipline, (3) School Climate, (4) Interpersonal Relations, (5) Security, (6) Environment, and (7) The Community as a…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Conflict Resolution, Core Curriculum, Delinquency
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1978
The Safe School Study was mandated by Congress to determine the frequency, seriousness, and incidence of crime in elementary and secondary schools in all regions of the United States; the cost of material replacement and repair; the means used in attempting to prevent crimes in schools; and means by which more effective crime prevention may be…
Descriptors: Alarm Systems, Case Studies, Community Characteristics, Educational Environment