Study shows violence in schools drops
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
This is good news! Who isn't haunted by the school massacres of 2001? (Columbine and the like.) The report shows that from 1992 through 2002 violence in public schools has dropped dramatically, and theft has fallen steadily. The eerie part is that from 2001-2002, there was only a small drop in both theft and violence.
However, the number of incidents of crime in schools is still staggering. The report found that there were 1.7 million crimes reported in 2002. Additionally, marijuana use increased by 4 percent from 1999 through 2003 (reported in a survey of students in grades 9-12). Drug use, according to the study, has not changed in the decade reported, and street gangs are still reported to be active in around 21 percent of the schools interviewed.
Critics of the report state that the data is misleading and outdated. Read the report here.
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