School Survey on Crime and Safety, 2016
Description
The 2016 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS:2016) is a data collection that is part of the School Survey on Crime and Safety program; program data are available since 2000 at . SSOCS:2016 (https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ssocs/) is a cross-sectional survey of the nation's public schools designed to provide estimates of school crime, discipline, disorder, programs and policies. Regular public schools were sampled. The data collection was conducted using a mail questionnaire with telephone follow-up. The data collection's response rate was 62.9 percent. Key statistics produced from SSOCS:2016 include the frequency and types of disciplinary actions taken for select offenses; perceptions of other disciplinary problems, such as bullying, verbal abuse and disorder in the classroom; the presence and role of school security staff; parent and community involvement; staff training; mental health services available to students; and school policies and programs concerning crime and safety.
Resources
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Format |
Description |
Link |
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2015-16 School Survey on Crime and Safety: Public-Use Data Files and Codebook |
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2018/data/2018109.zip |
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Restricted-use data file for the 2016 School Survey on Crime and Safety |
https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2017129 |
Tags
- school-crime
- school-practices-and-programs
- disciplinary-problems-and-actions
- school-security-staff
- number-of-incidents
- disciplinary-actions
- limitations-on-crime-prevention
- discipline-problems
- public-schools
- school-mental-health-services
- violent-incidents-at-school
- frequency-of-crime-and-violence-at-school
- staff-training
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- parent-and-community-involvement-at-school
- violence
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