The Bureau of Justice Statistics: Indicators of School Crime 2009

What's an indicator of school crime? It may be acid-dropping during lunch, or a vicious assault of a bullied student. Perhaps an indicator is the epidemic of teacher/student molestation, or the murders of students by students. Whatever it is, the guvment thought it would be a cool money-waster to esspla'n it in crayon for the non-interested, illiterate public - the product of guvment educacion.

In the report, there's no definition for "Indicator," but "Crime" is defined as:

"Any violation of a statute or regulation or any act that the government has determined is injurious to the public, including felonies and misdemeanors. Such violation may or may not involve violence, and it may affect individuals or property."

Here are some highlights about indicators of school crime, or acts committed in a school which is "injurious [...] including felonies and misdemeanors [which] may or may not involve violence" (as though this was difficult to imagine):

Violent Deaths

• From July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, there were 21 homicides and 5 suicides of school-age youth (ages 5–18) at school

Nonfatal Student and Teacher Victimization

• In 2007, students ages 12–18 were victims of about 1.5 million nonfatal crimes while they were at school, compared to about 1.1 million nonfatal crimes while they were away from school
• The rates for theft and violent crime were higher at school than away from school.
• 10 percent of male students in grades 9–12 reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property in the past year, compared to 5 percent of female students. Higher percentages of Black students and Hispanic students reported being threatened or injured with a weapon on school property than White students and American Indian/Alaska Native students

School Environment

• During the 2007–08 school year, 85 percent of public schools recorded that one or more incidents of crime had taken place at school, amounting to an estimated 2.0 million crimes
• 25 percent of public schools reported that bullying occurred among students on a daily or weekly basis, and 11 percent reported that student acts of disrespect for teachers other than verbal abuse took place on a daily or weekly basis.
• Twenty percent of public schools reported that gang activities had happened at all during 2007–08 and 3 percent reported that cult or extremist activities had happened at all during that school yeaR
• 22 percent of all students in grades 9–12 reported that someone had offered, sold, or given them an illegal drug on school property in the past 12 months
• Ten percent of students ages 12–18 reported that someone at school had used hate-related words against them, and more than one-third (35 percent) reported seeing hate-related graffiti at school
• 32 percent of students ages 12–18 reported having been bullied at school during the school year. Twenty-one percent of students said that they had experienced bullying that consisted of being made fun of; 18 percent reported being the subject of rumors; 11 percent said that they were pushed, shoved, tripped, or spit on; 6 percent said they were threatened with harm; 5 percent said they were excluded from activities on purpose; and 4 percent of students said they were tried to make do things they did not want to do or that their property was destroyed on purpose.
• 34 percent of teachers agreed or strongly agreed that student misbehavior interfered with their teaching, and 32 percent reported that student tardiness and class cutting interfered with their teaching. Seventy-two percent of teachers agreed or strongly agreed that other teachers at their school enforced the school rules, and 89 percent reported that the principal enforced the school rules. *LIE*

Fights, Weapons, and Illegal Substances

• In 2007, 36 percent of students in grades 9–12 reported they had been in a fight anywhere, and 12 percent said they had been in a fight on school property during the preceding 12 months
• Eighteen percent of students in grades 9–12 in 2007 reported they had carried a weapon8 anywhere, and 6 percent reported they had carried a weapon on school property during the previous 30 days

Fear and Avoidance

• In 2007, approximately 5 percent of students ages 12–18 reported that they were afraid of attack or harm at school, and 3 percent reported that they were afraid of attack or harm away from school

Discipline, Safety, and Security Measures

• Between the 1999–2000 and 2007–08 school years, there was an increase in the percentage of public schools reporting the use of the following safety and security measures: [...] students required to wear badges or picture IDs [...] faculty required to wear badges or picture IDs [...] the use of one or more security cameras to monitor school
• 43 percent of public schools reported that they had an electronic notification system for a school-wide emergency, and 31 percent of public schools reported that they had a "structured, anonymous threat reporting system," also known as the prank call line.
• Ten percent of students reported the use of metal detectors at their school.

Wow. How can I get my kids signed up?

Read the FULL REPORT here.