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Students' Reports of School Crime: 1989 and 1995

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U.S. Department of Education

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 6:30 P.M. EDT                 BJS
SUNDAY APRIL 12, 1998                                        
                                            202/307-0784
         
JOINT JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/EDUCATION DEPARTMENT STUDY SHOWS
LITTLE INCREASE IN SCHOOL CRIME BETWEEN 1989 AND 1995

     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There was no significant change
from 1989 to 1995 in the percentage of students who reported 
having been robbed in school, having property stolen from
their...

Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2000



Department of Education
Department of Justice



EMBARGOED UNTIL 9:00 A.M. EDT     BJS 202/307-0703
OCTOBER 26, 2000                 NCES 202/401-1579


          

CRIMES IN THE NATION'S SCHOOLS DECLINED IN THE 1990s
ACCORDING TO DEPARTMENTS OF JUSTICE & EDUCATION
                         
     WASHINGTON, D.C.    Crime in the nation's
schools decreased during the last seven years,
according to a new report issued today by the
Justice Department's Bureau of Justice
Statistics and the Department...

Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2001

Department of Education Department of Justice
   
EMBARGOED UNTIL 4:30 P.M. EST BJS 202/307-0784
October 31, 2001 NCES 202/401-1579

NATION'S SCHOOLS EXPERIENCE A DROP IN CRIME AND VICTIMIZATION, ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENTS OF JUSTICE & EDUCATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Victimization in the nation's schools has decreased since 1992, according to a new report issued today by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics and...

Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ON Bureau of Justice Statistics
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2003 Contact: Stu Smith
  202/307-0784

NATION'S SCHOOL CRIME RATE DECLINING

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Reflecting the national decline in crime rates, crime against public and private school students has also dropped, according to a new report by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics...

Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2004

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST Bureau of Justice Statistics
MONDAY, November 29, 2004 Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784
  After hours: 301-983-9354

NATION'S SCHOOL CRIME RATE CONTINUES DECLINE

Washington - Crime in the nation's schools continued to fall between 1992 and 2002, reflecting the decline in the national crime rate, according to the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Department...

Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2005

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST Bureau of Justice Statistics
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2005 www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
  Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784
  After hours: 301-983-9354

SCHOOL VIOLENCE RATE STABLE LOWEST LEVEL IN A DECADE

WASHINGTON - Violent crime rates in the nation's public and private schools in 2003 remain unchanged and continued at about half those recorded in 1992, according to a joint study published...

Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2006

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 4:30 P.M. EST Bureau of Justice Statistics
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2006 www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
  Contact: Stu Smith 202/307-0784
  After hours: 301-983-9354

SERIOUS VIOLENT CRIME AT SCHOOL CONTINUES TO FALL

WASHINGTON - The rate of serious violent crime rape, sexual assault, robbery and aggravated assault at the nation's schools fell from six victimizations per 1,000 students in 2003 to four per 1,000...

Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2007

ADVANCE FOR RELEASE AT 10:00 A.M. EST Bureau of Justice Statistics
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2007 Contact: Stu Smith 202-307-0784
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs After hours: 301-983-9354

SCHOOL CRIME RATES STABLE CHILDREN 50 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE MURDERED AWAY FROM SCHOOL THAN AT SCHOOL

WASHINGTON - Violent and property crime rates at the nation’s schools during 2005-07 such crimes per 1,000 students age 12 or older, were statistically...