Safe School Study, 1976-1977 / National Institute of Education.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 7662.

ICPSR ; 7662

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School violence--United States.

School violence.

School vandalism--United States.

School vandalism.

United States.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR version.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1984.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This data collection contains information obtained from a total of 31,373 students, 23,895 teachers, and 15,894 principals in the United States in 1976-1977 in the Safe School Study, mandated by the United States Congress under Public Law 93-380 (Section 825). The legislation was in response to growing public concern regarding incidents of violence and vandalism occurring in the nation's schools. The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency and seriousness of crime in elementary and secondary schools in the United States, the number and location of schools affected by crime, the cost of replacement or repair of objects damaged by school crime, and possible methods of prevention. The legislation specified that the study was to be conducted by the National Institute of Education (NIE). The NIE designed the study in three phases, and data collection was carried out by the Research Triangle Institute, with computer work supervised by Sheldon Laube of C.M. Leinwand Associates. The primary data for the study were collected in two concurrent sample surveys: Phase I and Phase II. Phase I, a mail survey, asked more than 4,000 elementary and secondary school principals to report in detail on the incidence of illegal or disruptive activities in their schools. Nine one-month reporting periods between February 1976 and January 1977, excluding summer months, were assigned to participating schools on a random basis. Parts 2 and 11 contain data gathered from school principals in this phase. In Phase II, field representatives conducted on-site and follow-up surveys of junior and senior high school students and teachers in public secondary schools. They were asked to report any experiences they might have had as victims of violence or theft in the reporting month. In addition, they provided information about themselves, their schools, and their communities. Also, the pr... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07662

Contents:

Part 1: Contents File; Part 2: Principal Questionnaire Phase 1 Data; Part 3: Principal Questionnaire Phase 1 Codebook; Part 4: Principal Questionnaire Phase 1 Brief Codebook; Part 5: Principal Questionnaire Phase 1 Response Codes; Part 6: Principal Questionnaire Phase 1 Edit Checks; Part 7: Principal Questionnaire Phase 2 Data; Part 8: Principal Questionnaire Phase 2 Codebook; Part 9: Principal Questionnaire Phase 2 Brief Codebook; Part 10: Principal Questionnaire Phase 2 Edit Checks; Part 11: Principal Reporting Sheet Phase 1 Data; Part 12: Principal Reporting Sheet Phase 1 Codebook; Part 13: Principal Reporting Sheet Phase 1 Brief Codebook; Part 14: Principal Reporting Sheet Phase 1 Response Codes; Part 15: Principal Reporting Sheet Phase 1 Edit Checks; Part 16 : Principal Reporting Sheet Phase 2 Data; Part 17: Principal Reporting Sheet Phase 2 Edit Checks; Part 18: Principal Reporting Sheet Phase 1 and 2 Combined Data; Part 19: Student Questionnaire Data; Part 20: Student Questi...

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

Start: 1976; and end: 1977.

Access Restriction:

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