NCJ Number
216107
Date Published
2006
Length
3 pages
Annotation
This paper presents a brief summary of the characteristics of offenders and arrestees involved in crimes in the Nation's schools from a FBI study utilizing data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS).
Abstract
Of the 17,065,074 incidents reported via the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) for the 5-year study period (2000-2004), 558,219 or 3.3 percent occurred at schools. An analysis of known characteristics of offenders reported during the 2000-2004 time period found that most offenders, or 38 percent, were between the ages of 13 and 15 years old. Males accounted for 76.7 percent of offenders who committed school crimes. Acquaintance, victim-offender relationship was the most frequently reported relationship type for crime in schools, occurring in 52.1 percent of the instances. In regards to arrest, violent crimes accounted for 37.6 percent of all arrests for incidents occurring in schools and colleges during this time period. The most common offense in which arrestees were involved was simple assault, followed by drug or narcotic violations. Among violent offenses in schools for which persons were arrested, 95 percent were assaults of various degrees. This paper provides a brief synopsis of a study conducted by the FBI on crime in the Nation's schools and colleges. The study's objective was to examine the characteristics of the offenders and arrestees involved in crimes at school and college locations based on data reported to the FBI from the NIBRS for the time-period 2000-2004.