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Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2002
Executive Summary

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

Figures

Full Report (PDF) (PDF - 1152 KB)

-Supplemental Tables (PDF - 154 KB)

-Standard Error Tables (PDF - 156 KB)

-Appendix A   School Practices and Policies Related to Safety and Discipline' (PDF - 60 KB)

-Appendix B   Technical Notes (PDF - 83 KB)

-Appendix C   Glossary of Terms (PDF - 32 KB)

-Excel Tables   Zip Format (240 KB)




List of Figures

1.1. Number of homicides and suicides of students at school: 1992-93 to 1998-99

1.2. Number of homicides and suicides of students at school and of youth ages 5 to 19 away from school: 1998-99

2.1. Number of nonfatal crimes against students ages 12 through 18 per 1,000 students, by type of crime and location: 1992 to 2000

2.2. Number of nonfatal crimes against students ages 12 through 18 occurring at school or going to or from school per 1,000 students, by type of crime and selected student characteristics: 2000

2.3. Number of nonfatal crimes against students ages 12 through 18 occurring away from school per 1,000 students, by type of crime and selected student characteristics: 2000

3.1. Percentage of students ages 12 through 18 who reported nonfatal criminal victimization at school during the previous 6 months, by grade level: 1995, 1999, and 2001

4.1. Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property during the last 12 months, by gender: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001

4.2. Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property during the last 12 months, by grade: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001

5.1. Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported having been in a physical fight in the last 12 months, by gender: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001

5.2. Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported having been in a physical fight in the last 12 months, by grade: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001

6.1. Percentage of students ages 12 through 18 who reported being bullied at school during the previous 6 months, by gender: 1999 and 2001

7.1. Percentage distribution of public schools according to types of crimes reported to police: 1996-97

7.2. Percentage of public schools that reported one or more criminal incidents to police and number of incidents reported per 1,000 students, by seriousness of crimes, instructional level, and urbanicity: 1996-97

8.1. Percentage of public schools that reported one or more criminal incidents to police, by type of crime and instructional level: 1996-97

8.2. Number of crimes per 1,000 public school students, by type of crime, instructional level, and urbanicity: 1996-97

9.1. Average annual number of nonfatal crimes against teachers at school per 1,000 teachers, by type of crime and selected characteristics: Aggregated from 1996 through 2000

10.1. Percentage of teachers who reported that they were threatened with injury or that they were physically attacked by a student from school during the past 12 months, by urbanicity: 1993-94 and 1999-2000

10.2. Percentage of teachers who reported that they were threatened with injury or that they were physically attacked by a student from school during the past 12 months, by urbanicity and control: 1999-2000

11.1. Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported carrying a weapon at least 1 day in the past 30 days, by gender: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001

11.2. Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported carrying a weapon at least 1 day in the past 30 days, by grade: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001

12.1. Percentage of students ages 12 through 18 who reported fear at school or on the way to and from school during the previous 6 months, by race/ethnicity: 1995, 1999, and 2001

12.2. Percentage of students ages 12 through 18 who reported fear away from school during the previous 6 months, by race/ethnicity: 1999 and 2001

13.1. Percentage of students ages 12 through 18 who reported that they avoided one or more places in school during the previous 6 months, by race/ethnicity: 1995, 1999, and 2001

13.2. Percentage of students ages 12 through 18 who reported that they avoided one or more places in school during the previous 6 months, by urbanicity: 1995, 1999, and 2001

14.1. Percentage of students ages 12 through 18 who reported being targets of hate-related words or who saw hate-related graffiti at school during the previous 6 months, by gender and race/ethnicity: 2001

15.1. Percentage of students ages 12 through 18 who reported that street gangs were present at school during the previous 6 months, by urbanicity and control: 2001

16.1. Percentage of public school principals who reported that selected discipline issues were a serious or moderate problem in their school, by school level: 1999-2000

17.1. Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported using alcohol in the last 30 days, by gender: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001

17.2. Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported using alcohol in the last 30 days, by grade: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001

18.1. Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported using marijuana in the last 30 days, by gender: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001

18.2. Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported using marijuana in the last 30 days, by grade: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001

19.1 Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported that drugs were made available to them on school property during the last 12 months, by gender: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2001

19.2. Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12 who reported that drugs were made available to them on school property during the last 12 months, by race/ethnicity: 1999 and 2001

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