Title: School Survey on Crime and Safety, School Crime Supplement, Table 17

Publication Date: January 2005

What does it say?

Between 9 and 17 percent of students in grades 9-12 state that it is possible to get a gun without adult supervision, at or away from school.  Table 17 documents the percentage of students ages 12-18 who reported having knowledge of a gun being brought by another student to school, having seen another student with a gun at school, and the possibility of accessing a gun during the previous 6 months, by selected student and school characteristics.  The School Crime Supplement (SCS) is a supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey, .

How can I use it?

Use this report to draw attention to the problem of high school students having unsupervised access to firearms.

Citation

U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, School Crime Supplement (SCS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (2005)