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Table 30. Percentage of public middle schools reporting their efforts to reduce or prevent crime were limited by selected factors: 1999–2000
| Factor that may limit school efforts to reduce or prevent crime | Limit in a major way |
Limit in a minor way |
Does not limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lack of or inadequate teacher training in classroom management | 5 | 47 | 48 |
| Lack of or inadequate alternative placements/programs for disruptive students | 31 | 38 | 31 |
| Likelihood of complaints from parents | 4 | 28 | 69 |
| Lack of teacher support for school policies | 1 | 20 | 78 |
| Lack of parental support for school policies | 6 | 37 | 58 |
| Teachers' fear of student reprisal | 1 | 22 | 77 |
| Fear of litigation | 4 | 37 | 59 |
| Teacher contracts | 3 | 24 | 72 |
| Inadequate funds | 23 | 41 | 37 |
| Inconsistent application of school policies | 4 | 27 | 70 |
| Fear of district or state reprisal | 2 | 16 | 82 |
| Federal policies on disciplining disabled students | 27 | 39 | 34 |
| Other federal policies on discipline and safety | 8 | 33 | 59 |
| State or district policies on discipline and safety | 6 | 32 | 62 |
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. "At school/at your school" was defined for respondents as including activities happening in school buildings, on school grounds, on school buses, and at places that are holding school-sponsored events or activities. Respondents were instructed to, unless the survey specified otherwise, only respond for those times that were during normal school hours or when school activities/events were in session. | |||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2000. | |||
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