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Foreword
Acknowledgments
Violent Deaths at School
Nonfatal Student Victimization-Student Reports
Violence and Crime at School-Public School Principal/ Disciplinarian Reports
Nonfatal Teacher Victimization at School-Teacher Reports
School Environment
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12. Students' perceptions of personal safety at school and when traveling to and from school*
One consequence of school violence is the fear that it can instill in students. Students who fear for their own safety may not be able or ready to learn. Concerns about vulnerability to attacks by others at school and away from school may also have a detrimental effect on the school environment and learning.
- Between 1995 and 1999, there was a decrease in the percentage of students feeling unsafe while they were at school or on the way to and from school (table 12.1). However, between 1999 and 2001, there was no significant change in the percentage of students feeling unsafe at school or on the way to or from school. In 1995, 12 percent of students ages 12 through 18 reported that they sometimes or most of the time were fearful at school, compared to 7 percent in 1999 and 6 percent in 2001.
- In both 1999 and 2001, students were more likely to be afraid of being attacked at school or on the way to and from school than away from school (table 12.1). For example, in 2001, 6 percent feared being attacked at school, while 5 percent feared being attacked away from school.
- In both 1999 and 2001, Black and Hispanic students were more likely than White students to fear for their safety both at school or on the way to and from school and away from school (figures 12.1 and 12.2 and table 12.1).
- For all survey years, students in lower grades were more likely than students in higher grades to fear attacks at school or on the way to and from school. For example, in 2001, 11 percent of students in grade 6 feared for their safety while at school, compared with 3 percent of students in grade 12.
- Students in urban schools were more likely than students in suburban and rural schools to fear being attacked when at school or on the way to and from school in all three survey years (table 12.1). In 2001, 10 percent of students in urban schools feared being attacked when at school, compared with 5 percent of students in suburban schools and 6 percent of students in rural schools.
*This indicator has been updated to include 2001 data. See appendix B for details on changes to the questionnaire among survey years.
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