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Frazier, Osborne – American School and University, 1979
A defective alarm system was modified with circuitry and added components. The final design was a joint effort between engineers and security professionals. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Alarm Systems, Electronic Equipment, Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Maintenance
Phillip, Mary-Christine – Black Issues in Higher Education, 1993
Campus vandalism has become extremely costly for colleges and universities. Most vandalism occurs on weekends and during special events and is committed by both students and outsiders. Its results affect the entire campus community, either immediately or in increased costs. Successful preventive measures include penalties, police patrols, and good…
Descriptors: College Buildings, College Environment, Costs, Crime Prevention
Menacker, Julius; Mertz, Richard – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1994
Identifies laws from 36 states responding to school crime and violence in the following categories: (1) assault, battery, and related violent crime; (2) illicit drugs; (3) possession of weapons; (4) vandalism and damage to school property; and (5) miscellaneous statutes. Draws policy implications for states. (102 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: Crime, Elementary Secondary Education, Illegal Drug Use, Public Schools
Yap, Kim O.; And Others – 1994
National Education Goal Six calls for all schools to have safe environments conducive to teaching and learning by year 2000. In 1989, the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction initiated the School Security Enhancement Program, which provides competitive grants to school districts to develop or improve school-based…
Descriptors: Crime, Middle Schools, Prevention, Program Effectiveness
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1991
A districtwide school safety project implemented in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1990-91, the third year of its operation, is evaluated in this report. The project is evaluated on the basis of the following objectives: employment and training of home-school liaison officers; establishment of an advisory council; development and implementation of…
Descriptors: Crime, Crisis Intervention, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education
Kolstad, C. Ken – Security World, 1974
Published by Security World Publishing Co., Inc., P.O. Box 272, Culver City, CA 90230.
Descriptors: Alarm Systems, Crime, Electronic Equipment, Elementary Secondary Education
Tennessee State Dept. of Education, Nashville. – 1976
This report consists of six papers prepared for the Seventh Annual Conference on Strategies for School Security, which was held January 21-23, 1976 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The papers include "School Security--A Growing Problem," by Charles Trotter, Jr.; "School Violence and Vandalism," by Joseph Grealy; "Identifying Security Problems and Needs,"…
Descriptors: Building Design, Conference Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Grealy, Joseph I. – 1980
Describing a 1978 demonstration program of the school board of Broward County, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, this paper lists strategies developed by the Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Program. The two basic aims of the program were to reduce opportunities for crime created by school building structure and the layout of school grounds…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Crime, Elementary Secondary Education, Police School Relationship
Rubel, Robert J. – 1978
One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter focuses solely on changes in student crimes in the period from 1950 to 1975. A number of observations are made about student violence. First, assaults against teachers have increased sharply in the past 25 years in absolute numbers, but not in the percent of…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Crime, Delinquent Behavior, Educational Environment
Bayh, Birch – Viewpoints in Teaching and Learning, 1979
The problem of violence and vandalism in schools is presented, and a number of promising programs that appear to be effective in reducing violence are outlined. (JMF)
Descriptors: Administrators, Behavior Standards, Delinquency, Guidelines
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1997
The school's responsibility is to provide an effective learning environment for students to achieve academic success. The California Safe Schools Assessment (CSSA) collects data on individual incidents of school crime from all California public schools and county-operated education programs. The California Department of Education strongly…
Descriptors: Crime, Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Illegal Drug Use
National School Resource Network, Washington, DC. – 1979
This bulletin highlights how two-way radios are secured, maintained, and effectively used by school security officers, administrators, teachers, and students in New York City schools. Any school requiring faster, more comprehensive communications among security officers and school staff when incidents of violence, vandalism, and theft are imminent…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Equipment Standards, Equipment Utilization, Prevention
Darling-Hammond, Linda – 1979
If the findings of recent research are any guide, the dollars that are now spent on security devices and personnel, and the educational time now lost by involving teachers and administrators in expanding security programs, would be better spent on strategies for making schools more humane places in which learning can take place. We should look for…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Class Size, Elementary Secondary Education
Baughman, Paul; And Others – 1971
As a result of the sharp increases in the costs of vandalism in the last few years, technical developments in intrusion devices have been rapid. This report provides an overall view of vandalism prevention emphasizing the various devices for detecting and reporting unauthorized entry into buildings and giving information about the activities of…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Construction Materials

Brodbelt, Samuel – Clearing House, 1978
Explores the problem of violence in the schools, relates the research, shares historical viewpoints, and examines the peculiar difficulties of the schools by utilizing interviews with the chief of security and five junior high and two senior high school principals in the Baltimore City public schools. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Discipline Problems, Educational Problems, Educational Research, School Security