NCJ Number
147170
Journal
School Safety Dated: (Winter 1994) Pages: 23-27
Date Published
1994
Length
5 pages
Annotation
Various school crime studies are discussed.
Abstract
This article discusses various school crime studies reviewed by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing School Violence Advisory Panel (CTC), which are the most widely used to assess school safety and violence. Studies reviewed include the 1978 National Institute of Education Violent Schools-Safe Schools Study, the National Educational Longitudinal Study, the National Adolescent Student Health Survey, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, the National Crime Victimization Survey: School Crime Supplement, the California School Safety and Climate Survey, the 1990 Trends and Issues Study, the Gun-Related Violence Survey conducted by Tulane University, the CTC Staff Training and Preparation Survey, and the 1993 Survey of Experience, Perceptions and Apprehensions about Guns among Young People in America. The CTC suggests that these studies provide a good starting point for creating a local or regional school safety survey. The CTC identifies guidelines to assist in the process of development of a local school safety survey and note that, although an appreciation of the results of these studies is necessary, they are not sufficiently informative to guide actions of school safety planning at the local school site level. Each school must assess its own unique safety conditions prior to taking action. 14 endnotes, 2 tables