Study by the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Association of School Psychologists

• 160,000 children miss school daily because they are afraid of someone or something.
• In 75% of violence in U.S. schools, someone other than the attacker knew it was going to happen.
• Domestic violence is the most unreported crime in the U.S.
• 70% of all sexual assaults go unreported.

Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2007
National Center for Education Statistics
2005-06 School Year

• There were 17 school-associated violent deaths from July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006 (14 homicides and 3 suicides) among youth ages 5-18.
• 86 percent of public schools reported one or more serious violent incidents, violent incidents, or thefts.
• 14 percent of students in grades 9-12 reported that they had been in a fight on school property.
• 6 percent of students in grades 9-12 reported they had carried a weapon on school property during the previous 30 days.
• 4 percent of students in grades 9-12 reported having consumed at least one drink on school property during the previous 30 days.
• 6 percent of students ages 12-18 reported that they were afraid of attack or harm at school.
• 7 percent of teachers were threatened with injury by a student from their school in the 2003-04 school year.
• 3 percent of teachers reported being physically attacked in 2003-04 school year.

The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative:
Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States
U. S. Secret Service and U.S. Department of Education
July 2004

• In 81 percent of school attacks at least one person had information that the attacker was thinking about or planning the incident.
• There is no accurate or useful profile of students who engaged in targeted school violence.
• Many attackers felt bullied, persecuted, or injured by others prior to the attack.
• Most attackers had no history of prior violent or criminal behavior.

Indicators of School Crime and Safety (2003) Study.

• 29% of all students in grades 9-12 say drugs were made available to them on school property.
• In 2001, 17% of students in grades 9-12 say they carried a weapon somewhere, and 6% say they carried a weapon on school property.
• In 1999-2000 an estimated 1.5 million violent incidents occurred in public elementary and secondary schools.
• 71% of public schools experienced one or more violent incidents…but only 36% of schools reported these incidents to the police.

Ask the Children: Youth & Violence
Colorado Students Speak out for a More Civil Society
The Colorado Trust 2002

• 46 percent of young people grades 5-12 have been hit, shoved, kicked or tripped at least once in the past month.
• 32 percent of young people, grades 5-12 have been bullied at least once in the past month.
• 9 percent of young people, grades 5-12 have been attacked with a weapon at least once in the past month.
• 40 percent of Colorado principals report that serious violent incidents have occurred at their schools versus 29 percent of principals in the national sample.