Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2011 - This is the 14th in a series of annual publications produced jointly by the U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Justice Statistics. The report covers topics such as teacher injury, victimization, bullying, school conditions, fights, weapons, availability and student use of drugs and alcohol, and student perceptions of personal safety at school. Indicators of crime and safety are compared across different population subgroups and over time. (Institute of Education Sciences, November 2010)...

Breaking School Rules: A Statewide Study on How School Discipline Relates to Students' Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement - The Council of State Governments' Justice Center and the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University conducted a statewide study of nearly 1 million Texas public secondary school students, followed for at least six years. Among the most startling findings are that the majority of students were suspended or expelled between seventh and twelfth grade. Also found in the study: (1) When students are suspended or expelled, the likelihood that they will repeat a grade, not graduate, and/or become involved in the juvenile justice system increases significantly; (2) African-American students and students with educational disabilities were suspended and expelled at especially high rates. (CSG Justice Center, August 2011....

FindYouthInfo.org - This Web site was created by the Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs (IWGYP), which is composed of representatives from 12 federal agencies supporting programs and services focusing on youth. The IWGYP promotes the goal of positive, healthy outcomes for youth in three significant ways: (1) Create and support the federal Web site to provide interactive tools to youth serving organizations; (2) Identify and disseminate promising and effective strategies; and (3) promote enhanced collaboration. (Find Youth Information, 2010)...

Student Victimization in U.S. Schools: Results from the 2007 School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey - This report provides data on student criminal victimization and the characteristics of crime victims and nonvictims. It also provides findings on student reports of the presence of gangs and weapons, the availability of drugs at school, and bullying and cyberbullying. (Jill Fleury DeVoe, Lynn Bauer and Monica Hill, National Center for Education Statistics, July 2010)...

A Profile of Criminal Incidents at School: Results From the 2003-05 National Crime Victimization Survey Crime Incident Report - This report provides estimates of criminal incidents that occur at school. Major findings include: 1) During the 2003-05 period, 4,763,000 criminal incidents occurred at school; (2) Over 50% of the violent incidents occurred inside the school building; (3) A greater percentage of both thefts and violent incidents occurred between noon and 3 p.m; and (4) 82% of the incidents at school were not reported to police. (National Center for Education Statistics, May 2010)...

Campus Attacks: Targeted Violence Affecting Institutions of Higher Education - The study explores incidents of targeted violence at institutions of higher education. It finds that targeted college campus violence, from serious assaults to the mass shootings at Virginia Tech in 2007, is up sharply over the last two decades. The number of cases of targeted violence rose from 40 during the 1980s to 79 in the 1990s and 83 since 2000. The report analyzes motivating or triggering factors, gender, subject affiliation, pre-incident behaviors, method of attack and related factors. (Diana Drysdale, William Modzeleski and Andre Simons, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Department of Education and Federal Bureau of Investigation, April 2010)...

Teens and Sexting: How and Why Minor Teens are Sending Sexually Suggestive Nude or Nearly Nude Images Via Text Messaging - In a survey of 800 youth ages 12-17 conducted in the summer of 2009, the Pew Center found that 75% of all teens those ages own a cell phone and 66% use text messaging. Some law enforcement officers and district attorneys have begun prosecuting teens who create and share sexual images under laws generally reserved for producers and distributors of child pornography. (Amanda Lenhart, Pew Research Center, December 2009)...

Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2009 - Ensuring safer schools requires establishing good indicators of the current state of school crime and safety across the nation and regularly updating and monitoring these indicators. This report covers the range of issues associated with school crime and safety and compares across different population subgroups and over time. (Rachel Dinkes, Jana Kemp, Katrina Baum, Thomas Snyder, Center for Education Statistics/Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2009)...

Policing in Schools: Developing A Governance Document for School Resource Officers in K-12 Schools - In 2005, almost 70% of public school students ages 12 to 18 reported that school resource officers (SROs) patrol their hallways. This ACLU White Paper posits that, when these officers are deployed in the schools, they must be provided with the tools necessary to ensure a safe school environment while respecting the rights of students and the overall school climate. (Catherine Kim and India Geronimo, American Civil Liberties Union, August 2009)...

Results of the National Campus Safety and Security Project - As a result of the survey, the following four areas of emergency preparedness may need more attention from colleges and universities: Leadership, communication, building security and mutual aid. (National Campus Safety and Security Project, July 2009)...

Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools, Findings from the School Survey on Crime and Safety: 2007-08 - This First Look report uses data from the 2007-08 School Survey of Crime and Safety (SSOCS) to examine the range of issues dealing with school crime and safety, such as the frequency of school crime and violence, disciplinary actions and school practices related to the prevention and reduction of crime. SSOCS is the primary source of school-level data on crime and safety for NCES. Since 1999, it has been administered four times to the principals of nationally representative samples of public primary, middle, high and combined schools. (Samantha Neiman and Jill Devoe, May 2009)...

Task Force on School and Campus Safety Report and Recommendations - This report is intended to promote meaningful discussion among school administrators, educators, law enforcement professionals, policymakers and mental health professionals as to how schools and colleges can be made as safe as reasonably possible without unduly interfering with their educational mission. (National Association of Attorneys General, September 2007)...

Report to the President on Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy - In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, a task force examined ways to ensure privacy and individual freedom,safety and security, and assisting those with mental health needs. The report includes recommended actions the federal government can take to support state and local communities and ensure that the federal government and federal law are not obstacles to achieving these goals. The recommended action are an attempt to frame the issues and identify tangible steps we can take over time to help prevent events like the Virginia Tech tragedy. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, June 2007)...