Students, Weapons and Bullying
(April 2001 Journal of the American Medical Association Study)
- 16 percent of 15,686 students surveyed nationally in the 6th though 10th grades said they had been bullied in that school year.
- Of the 16 percent, 6 percent admitted to bullying other students.
- In 2003, students ages 12 to 18 years were victims of about 740,000 violent crimes.
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(Center for Disease Control 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Report)
Bureau of Justice Statistics and National Center for Education Statistics, Indicators of School Crime and Safety Statistics, 2005)
Source: Safe Havens International
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