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Selected Facts and Figures: Behavior and Violence IMPORTANT NOTE: The information below is not exhaustive nor does it necessarily represent the very latest data. As with all research, the reader is cautioned to approach any data with a critical eye. Our listing here does not necessarily provide information on sample size, surveyed population, research parameters, and other factors. Our purpose is to illustrate how violent behavior impacts families, children, and those at work, thus the citations from a variety of sources. "In an extensive study, one-quarter of all students had been the victim of a violent act that occurred in or around school. One in eight students has carried a weapon to school." Louis
Harris & Associates, Inc., Students physically assault 190,000 teachers each year in the US. 1/2 of all teachers report being verbally abused. 100,000 children carry guns to school; 600,000 carry other weapons. In many cities, more than 1/4 of all kids are afraid to go to school on any given day 1,000 children each year are arrested for murder; more than 5,000 are arrested for rape. Lee
Canter with Ron Garrison Approximately 16% of public school teachers have been the victim of a violent act that occurred in or around school. Nine out of ten were the victim of a violent act by a student. Louis
Harris & Associates, Inc., Thirty-one percent of all high school principals report having been involved in law suits or out of court settlement in the last two years (more than triple a decade ago); 64% say they expect law suits related to peer-to-peer sexual harassment to increase. 78% of all principals report having violence prevention training. NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS Violence and Discipline Problems in U.S. Public Schools: 1996-97 Boys constitute 67% of special education classes and, in some schools, are ten times more likely than girls to be diagnosed with a serious emotional disorder. Pollack,
William Ph.D.; Real Boys; Random House: New York; 1998. Boys are up to three times more likely than girls to be the victim of a violent crime (other than sexual assault) and between four to six times more likely to commit suicide. Pollack, William Ph.D.; Real Boys; Random House: New York; 1998. Hundreds of thousands of children each year become involved in drugs, alcohol and unsafe sexual activity. Approximately one million teenage girls each year have unintended pregnancies. Up to 1 in 3 girls and 1 in 7 boys are molested or sexually assaulted by the time they're 18. Finklehor, et al, 1989 Nearly half of public school teachers report that girls' involvement as aggressors in violent acts at their school has increased as compared to five years ago. Fourteen percent of teachers report that girls' involvement with gangs has increased in the past year at their school. Louis
Harris & Associates, Inc., Forty-four
percent of public school students have verbally insulted someone in
or around school. Approximately 37% have pushed, shoved, grabbed or
slapped someone else in or around school. "Violence
in America's Public Schools Five Years Later," Among students in grades 7 - 12, 30% think that gang violence is a very serious problem at their school. Twenty-one percent agree that most students in their school look up to gang members. More than a third of school teachers and 44% of law enforcement officers agree that gangs play a big part in the daily life in and around their schools. Louis
Harris & Associates, Inc., One-quarter of public school teachers (23%) think that violence in their school will increase in the next two years. Approximately 28% of students also believe violence will increase. Louis
Harris & Associates, Inc., The majority of public school teachers (66%), public school students in grades 7 - 12 (62%), and law enforcement officials (60%) believe that the amount of effort spent on addressing violence in their schools in inadequate. Louis
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