This report presents findings on crime and violence in U.S. public schools, using data from the 2007-08 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS:2008). SSOCS provides information about school crime-related topics from the perspective of schools by asking school principals about the frequency of incidents, such as physical attacks, robberies, and…

Includes a partial list of recommendations for the prevention of vandalism compiled by a Dade County citizens advisory committee. (IRT)

Elevator vandalism has increased recently. Suggestions are offered for reducing the problem. (MLF)

Excerpts from a school security seminar. (MLF)

This report, one of two related volumes, is the work of an Illinois task force on school violence and vandalism. It presents the task force's findings regarding the nature and extent of the problem, a summary of its major recommendations to local districts, and recommendations for state-level consideration. The report begins with an analysis of…

Blacking out every school in the San Antonio, Texas, district has reduced utility costs by $90,000 and cut vandalism costs by 31 percent. (Author/MLF)

Two school districts reduced both vandalism and lighting costs with low pressure sodium lighting. (Author)

Describes how school-building exteriors and interiors should be designed, built, and renovated to prevent vandalism. (PKP)

Specifications for developing a key controlled security system. (MLF)

Fairfield, Connecticut, public schools are protected by an automatic fire detection system covering every area of every building through an electric monitor. An intrusion alarm system that relies primarily on pulsed infra-red beams protects the plant investment. (Author/MF)

Part of the reason Wethersfield, Connecticut, schools have been little vandalized is because maintenance people are treated as an important part of the school staff. The school district has found that students rarely vandalize a building that shows people are taking care of it. (Author/MF)

The Martin Luther King Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is as vandal-resistant as the designers could make it. The windows, skylights, signs, and ceilings were specified with vandal resistance in mind. (Author/MLF)

School vandals are running up a damage bill of more than $500 million a year. This article describes what to do about it, and provides a frank discussion of major types of detection equipment. (Author/DN)