The statistical information compiled in this report indicates the extent, frequency, and financial costs incurred as a result of vandalism in the public schools of suburban Cook County, Illinois. Data presented were gathered from a survey instrument developed and disseminated by the Educational Service Region of Cook County to 143 school…

The National School Resource Network (NSRN) has been established by a grant from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, to meet the challenge of school disruption, violence, and vandalism. NSRN's goal is to assist schools in preventing and reducing these problems by identifying and…

New Jersey's Vineland High School North faced many behavioral and vandalism problems during its first year of operation (1976-77) and adopted a program to improve this situation during its second year. This effort involved adoption and thorough dissemination of student rules, a series of parent orientation meetings, a new community information…

One of 52 theoretical papers on school crime and its relation to poverty, this chapter states that youthful vandalism is a multidetermined problem that has its roots not simply in the personality of the vandal but also in interaction with peer, family, and community systems. The costs of vandalism are noted, and various intrapsychic and…

Twelve publications in the ERIC system were reexamined and more detailed annotations written for this booklet. The approaches to vandalism prevention cited range from a U.S. Senate committee attempting to measure the cost of school vandalism nationwide to measures taken by individual school systems. (MLF)

The era of massive student disorders seems finally to have ended; but in its wake, it has left profound changes which affect the relationship between the student and the law. One immediate consequence of these changes is a new expanded view of student civil rights, particularly those rights at the high school level that did not exist a decade ago.…

Requiring students to deposit their school identification cards at a desk inside the door of the learning center and locking all doors except one reduced vandalism at East High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Author/MLF)

Designing a security system to meet the specific needs of an institution is a matter of professionalism. (Author)

Security in buildings ranges from simple locks to elaborate electronic systems. Most buildings do not need the level of sophistication it is possible to achieve. A survey of these products, however, is appropriate to appreciate their potential and variety. (Author/MLF)

After nearly four years of debate, the Harvard University faculty voted, 182 to 65, to accept a proposal championed by Dean Henry Rosovsky that will result in a major overhaul of undergraduate academic requirements. Students at Luther Burbank Junior High School join together to stop their own vandalism and launch an all-out blitz to earn a…

The director of security for the Aurora Public Schools tells how the department he built has cut crime. (Author/MLF)

Summarizes the incidents of vandalism and violence perpetrated by a teenage group called "skinheads," which occurred on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, on the night of November 9, 1987. Includes information about "skinhead" activities around the United States and how communities and the media have reacted. (JDH)

A program for reducing school vandalism must combine supervision by staff, constructive punishment for those involved in vandalism, and the development of student and staff pride in the school through extensive involvement of students. (MJL)

This guide addresses school vandalism and break-ins, describing the problem and reviewing the risk factors. It also discusses the associated problems of school burglaries and arson. The guide then identifies a series of questions to help analyze each local problem. Finally, it reviews responses to the problem, and what is known about them from…

In 2001, the National Youth Gang Center conducted a survey of youth gangs in Indian country. Three hundred of the 577 federally recognized tribal communities responded to the survey. Twenty-three percent of Indian communities reported active youth gangs during 2000. The extent of the gang problem varied considerably among communities, with many…