Texas Safe Schools Week is
a great time to spread the word about effective violence prevention
programs in your community, especially the following:
The
LearnSafe™ Initiative, the only comprehensive school
security program in the United States that addresses every aspect
– from behavioral analytics to technology and even funding
– of a school district’s security needs.
* Data from "Safe School Initiative,"
developed by the US Secret Service and US Department of Education,
2002.
** Data from Benenson Strategy Group student survey, 2001.
*** 2005, Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
System: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
****"Will They Tell? Weapons Reporting by Middle-School Youth." Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 2007.
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others to highlight the importance of youth violence prevention
in our schools and communities.
Over 3 million high school students in the U.S. reported carrying
a weapon in the past 30 days and of those students, over 896,000
reported that the weapon they carried was a gun.***
In 2005, over 1 million (6.5%) high school students across America
brought a weapon to school each month.***
Over 1.3 million (7.9%) high school students in the U.S. reported
being threatened or injured with a weapon at least once in the
past 12 months and just under 1 million (6.0%) high school students
missed at least one day of school in the past 30 because they
felt unsafe.***
Recent figures suggest that, thankfully, there is only about
a one in one million chance of a student dying by homicide or
suicide at school. However, the odds that a high school student
will be injured or threatened with a weapon are about 1 in 14.*
A little more than half of students surveyed said they knew
of at least one incident of a student bringing a weapon to school.
Of these students who knew, 60% did nothing. Only 20% told a teacher,
principal or other school official about it.**
In 81% of attacks in schools, the attacker told at least one
other person first. In almost 60% of attacks, he or she told more
than one person.*
In 93% of cases, the person who knew was a friend, schoolmate,
or sibling. Some knew all the details of the attack, including
the time and day; others only knew that something “big”
or “bad” was going to happen.*
Research indicates that 93% of school attackers developed a
plan to harm people at school before the attack. Some planned
out the attack only a few days prior but analysis reveals that
51% of attackers began to develop the idea at least a month beforehand.*
When surveyed, 83% of middle school students said they would
report a peer with a weapon at school if they could do so without
giving their name.****
When surveyed, 56% of students said they would “definitely”
report a weapon-related threat of violence and another 30% said
they would “probably” report it.**
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