Note
Author(s) affiliated with: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, and U.S. Department of Justice.
Summary
This report is the sixteenth in a series of annual publications
produced jointly by the National Center for
Education Statistics (NCES), Institute of Education
Sciences (IES), in the U.S. Department of Education,
and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the U.S.
Department of Justice. This report presents the most
recent data available on school crime and student
safety. The report covers topics such as victimization,
teacher injury, bullying and cyber-bullying, school
conditions, fights, weapons, availability and student use of drugs and alcohol, student perceptions of
personal safety at school, and criminal incidents
at postsecondary institutions. Indicators of crime
and safety are compared across different population
subgroups and over time. Data on crimes that occur
away from school are offered as a point of comparison
where available.