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.
(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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