History of school violence in america

  • History of school violence in america

    • School Shootings in the United States: 1997–2022.

    School violence in the United States

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    History of school violence in america

  • School violence
  • School Shootings in the United States: 1997–2022
  • School violence in america
  • History of school violence

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    According to the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics, school violence is a serious problem.[1][2] In 2007, the latest year for which comprehensive data were available, a nationwide survey,[3] conducted biennially by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and involving representative samples of U.S.

    high school students, found that 5.9% of students carried a weapon (e.g. gun, knife, etc.) on school property during the 30 days antedating the survey. The rate was three times higher among men than among women. In the twelve months preceding the survey, 7.8% of high school students reported having been threatened or injured with a weapon on school property at least once, with the prevalence rate among male students twice that as among female st