Press release: “Violent and property crime rates at the nation’s schools during 2005 –– 57 such crimes per 1,000 students age 12 or older –– were statistically unchanged from the 2004 rate of 55 victimizations per 1,000 students, according to a new report by the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. The crimes measured are rape, sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault and theft.”

• Related: Effects on Violence of Laws and Policies Facilitating the Transfer of Youth from the Juvenile to the Adult Justice System – A Report on Recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, November 30, 2007 / 56(RR09);1-11