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Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2003
Executive Summary

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Violent Deaths at School

Nonfatal Student Victimization-Student Reports

Violence and Crime at School-Public School Reports

Nonfatal Teacher Victimization at School-Teacher Reports

School Environment

Figures

Full Report (PDF) (PDF - 1152 KB)

-Supplemental Tables (PDF - 224 KB)

-Standard Error Tables (PDF - 186 KB)

-Appendix A   Technical Notes (PDF - 113 KB)

-Appendix B   Glossary of Terms (PDF - 45 KB)

-Excel Tables   Zip Format (207 KB)

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List of Figures

1.1. Number of homicides and suicides of youth ages 5–19 at school and away from school: 1999-2000

1.2. Number of homicides and suicides of youth ages 5–19 at school: 1992–2002

2.1. Rate of nonfatal crimes against students ages 12–18 per 1,000 students, by type of crime and location: 1992–2001

2.2. Rate of nonfatal crimes against students ages 12–18 occurring at school or going to or from school per 1,000 students, by type of crime and selected student characteristics: 2001

2.3. Rate of nonfatal crimes against students ages 12–18 occurring away from school per 1,000 students, by type of crime and selected student characteristics: 2001

3.1. Percentage of students ages 12–18 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 9–12 who reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property during the previous 12 months, by sex: Selected years 1993–2001

4.2. Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property during the previous 12 months, by grade: Selected years 1993–2001

5.1. Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported having been in a physical fight during the previous 12 months, by sex: Selected years 1993–2001

5.2. Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported having been in a physical fight during the previous 12 months, by grade: Selected years 1993–2001

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

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

7.1. Percentage of public schools with various types of crime and percentage of public schools that reported various types of crime to the police, by school level: 1999–2000

7.2. Percentage of public schools with various types of crime and percentage of public schools that reported various types of crime to the police, by enrollment: 1999–2000

7.3. Percentage of public schools with various types of crime and percentage of public schools that reported various types of crime to the police, by urbanicity: 1999–2000

8.1. Percentage distribution of serious disciplinary actions taken by public schools according to type of action: 1999–2000

8.2. Percentage of public schools that took a serious disciplinary action for selected offenses, by type of offense: 1999–2000

9.1. Average annual rate of nonfatal crimes against teachers at school per 1,000 teachers, by type of crime and selected teacher and school characteristics: 1997–2001

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

10.2. Percentage of public and private school teachers who reported that they were threatened with injury or that they were physically attacked by a student from school during the previous 12 months, by urbanicity and school sector: 1999–2000

11.1. Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported carrying a weapon at least 1 day during the previous 30 days, by sex: Selected years 1993–2001

11.2. Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported carrying a weapon at least 1 day during the previous 30 days, by grade: Selected years 1993–2001

12.1. Percentage of students ages 12–18 who reported being afraid 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 12–18 who reported being afraid away from school during the previous 6 months, by race/ethnicity: 1999 and 2001

13.1. Percentage of students ages 12–18 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 12–18 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 12–18 who reported being targets of hate-related words or who saw hate-related graffiti at school during the previous 6 months, by student and school characteristics: 2001

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

16.1. Percentage of public schools that reported selected discipline problems, by school level: 1999–2000

17.1. Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported using alcohol during the previous 30 days, by sex: Selected years 1993–2001

17.2. Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported using alcohol during the previous 30 days, by grade: Selected years 1993–2001

18.1. Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported using marijuana during the previous 30 days, by sex: Selected years 1993–2001

18.2. Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported using marijuana during the previous 30 days, by grade: Selected years 1993–2001

19.1 Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who reported drugs were made available to them on school property during the previous 12 months, by sex: Selected years 1993–2001

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

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