Characteristics of Crime

From the Bureau of Justice Statistics, this site offers Summary Findings, a listing of BJS publications (many of which are listed below), selected statistics, and a list of related web sites you might want to visit.

Students' Report of School Crime: 1989 and 1995

Published in 1998. (NCJ 169607)

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Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 1999

Published in 1999. A joint effort of the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Education Statistics. (also find publication and ordering information at BJS website)

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Criminal Victimization in the United States 1995

Published in May 2000. (NCJ 171129)

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   (also available in smaller files by chapter)

Reducing Youth Violence: A Comprehensive Approach

A multimedia CD-ROM from OJJDP, providing best practices in youth violence reduction. Published in 1999.

Statistical Review of School Safety Surveys

Survey summaries relating to school safety and school climate, from the National School Safety Center.

Violence and Discipline Problems in U.S. Public Schools: 1996-97

Published in 1998. From the National Center for Education Statistics. (NCES 98-030)

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Juvenile Justice Documents: Violence and Victimization

From the Justice Information Center, part of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). Lists reports and information on youth violence in schools and community, all fully downloadable in a variety of formats, including Acrobat PDF, HTML, and ASCII Text.

America's Child Care Crisis: A Crime Prevention Tragedy

A Report from FIGHT CRIME: INVEST IN KIDS, an anti-crime group comprised of law-enforcement officials, victims of violence and youth-violence experts, providing information of the ameliorating effects of quality child care on youth violence. Published in January 2000.
[available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file only - 624K]

Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know About the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions

Written by Lynn A. Karoly, Peter W. Greenwood, Susan S. Everingham, Jill Houbé, M. Rebecca Kilburn, C. Peter Rydell, Matthew Sanders, and James Chiesa. Published in 1998 by RAND.

Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Intervention

Written by Peter W. Greenwood, published by OJJDP in February 1999. OJJDP Fact Sheet #94.

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The WHO Study of Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children, U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Bethesda, MD. This school-based research study, performed for the first time in the United States in 1997-98, has been conducted every four years by European countries since 1982. The research goal is to increase our understanding of health behaviors, lifestyles, and their context in young people, ages 11-15 years. The study provides data on 120,000 students from 28 countries for the 1997-98 school year. For more information contact NICHD at (301) 496-5133.