NCJ Number
100709
Date Published
1986
Length
325 pages
Annotation
This report describes the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a 1983-84 project that focused school administrators' attention on crime and discipline problems and offered them tools for devising their own responses.
Abstract
The project, sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, was implemented in the school districts of Anaheim, Calif.; Rockford, Ill.; and Jacksonville, Fla. Although each district devised its own responses to school crime and discipline problems, technical assistance across the sites differentiated between disciplinary infractions and criminal acts in schools, clarified the legal parameters for school officials in handling criminal incidents, applied the incident profiling system to school incidents, and promoted a team approach to problemsolving. The evaluation, which focused on process more than outcome, used project-generated data, direct observation of project activities, and participant interviews and surveys. The evaluation found that school administrators can use incident profiling to monitor the crime level and discipline incidents in their schools. Participants regard the project as beneficial and foresee substantial positive effects over the next few years. Appendixes contain evaluation instruments, incident profiling data, school characteristics, and survey results. Tabular data.