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Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 2005

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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...