Many surveys during the past three decades have indicated that school crime, violence, and disorder are on the rise. Both teachers and students report various levels of fear regarding the state of school crime and violence, and the public sees school discipline and drug abuse as major problems confronting public schools.
One survey (Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 1993) suggests that while the overall crime rate may not have increased, school crimes are more violent than in the past. Other surveys (Ewing, 1992; Miller, 1992; Schwartz, 1992; Wood & Chestnutt, 1995) suggest that the problem of school crime has been greatly exaggerated or obscured by faulty data collection and interpretation.
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