SCHOOL VANDALISM - A NATIONAL DILEMMA - FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 11804
• Author(s): B GREENBERG
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 42 pages
• Corporate Author: Stanford Research Institute
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REPORT DESCRIBING A RESEARCH PROGRAM DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE SCHOOL VANDALISM PROBLEM AND THE EFFORTS BEING EXERTED TO CONTROL IT.

Abstract

FOR PURPOSES OF THE STUDY, SCHOOL VANDALISM COMPRISES THOSE ACTS THAT RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO SCHOOLS, INCLUDING BURGLARY, THEFT, MALICIOUS MISCHIEF, PROPERTY DAMAGE, BREAKING AND ENTERING, AND ARSON. THIS REPORT DISCUSSES THE MANY INTERRELATED PROBLEMS OF SCHOOL VANDALISM NOTED DURING THE STUDY AND IDENTIFIES SOLUTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPLIED IN SELECTED SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THE GLARING DEFICIENCIES IN ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL VANDALISM EITHER THROUGH TECHNOLOGICAL OR OTHER SECURITY MEANS ARE HIGHLIGHTED. THE CONCLUDING CHAPTER OF THE REPORT DESCRIBES A RESEARCH PROGRAM TO DEVELOP WELL-DEFINED SOLUTIONS THAT SHOULD BE PURSUED IF ANY REAL, LONG TERM PROGRESS IS TO BE MADE IN REDUCING THE LEVEL OF VANDALISM EXISTING IN THE SCHOOLS TODAY. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)