| School Crime Victimization |
| Q: |
How does juvenile violent crime victimization vary between school days and nonschool days? |
| A: |
Rates of violent victimization for juveniles are higher for school days than nonschool days. |
Victimizations per 1,000 juvenile violent crime victims
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Violent crime |
| Time |
School |
Nonschool |
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| 6AM |
4.9 |
2.8 |
| 7AM |
20.1 |
4.8 |
| 8AM |
27.5 |
9.7 |
| 9AM |
19.4 |
8.2 |
| 10AM |
21.4 |
11.1 |
| 11AM |
25.6 |
13.8 |
| 12PM |
31.7 |
22.0 |
| 1PM |
27.6 |
19.1 |
| 2PM |
43.9 |
22.2 |
| 3PM |
64.6 |
27.2 |
| 4PM |
46.0 |
27.9 |
| 5PM |
38.7 |
29.5 |
| 6PM |
38.2 |
31.3 |
| 7PM |
35.6 |
32.0 |
| 8PM |
33.6 |
34.4 |
| 9PM |
27.8 |
32.3 |
| 10PM |
21.0 |
28.0 |
| 11PM |
15.7 |
23.6 |
| 12AM |
10.4 |
18.2 |
| 1AM |
5.1 |
12.9 |
| 2AM |
3.6 |
8.9 |
| 3AM |
2.5 |
6.1 |
| 4AM |
1.6 |
3.8 |
| 5AM |
1.4 |
2.5 |
| 6AM |
4.9 |
2.8 |
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Note: Violent victimizations include the crimes of sexual assault, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault. Data are from law enforcement agencies in 21 states and the District of Columbia.
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- 1 in 5 (22%) of all violent crimes with juvenile victims occurs between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. on school days.
- Juveniles were 140% more likely to be victimized between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. on school days than in the same time period on nonschool days (i.e., weekends and the summer months).
- On school days, juveniles were 90% more likely to be violently victimized in the 4 hours between 3 and 7 p.m. than they were in the 4 hours between 8 p.m. and midnight.
- Similarly, the risk of violent juvenile victimization was 60% greater in the 4 hours after school than in the 8 p.m.-to-midnight period on nonschool days.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/victims/qa02203.asp?qaDate=2001.
Released on March 27, 2006. Adapted from Snyder, H. & Sickmund, M. (2006). Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report, Chapter 2. Washington, D.C.: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Data Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation. National Incident-Based Reporting System Master Files for the years 2000–2001 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: FBI.
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