| Issue date: April 16, 2000
Teens & Safety Special Report
Special report on teens & safety
Katie Couric on the lessons of Columbine
One school's solutions to violence
William Pollack on if our sons are natural-born
killers
Tipper Gore and USA WEEKEND's Teen Panel
tackle tough topics
Full Teens & Safety Survey results by question
Teens, we want to hear from YOU
5 students chosen for special honors
Back to Teens Index and survey
results
Where on the Web: School Safety
In
this article:
More
statistical snapshots
USA
WEEKEND survey results
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fall, 129,593 students in grades 6-12 took USA WEEKEND's 13th
annual Teen Survey in the magazine; at our Web site; in Teen People
magazine, a partner in the survey; and through Channel One, the
in-school TV news program. Here are highlights of the exclusive
survey's eye-opening findings.
- 1
in 5 have felt afraid at school since the Columbine
High School killings a year ago; younger students and girls are
most fearful
- 1
in 4 say they have been intentionally hit at
school; nearly 4 in 10 boys have been struck
- 4
in 10 students' homes have guns; more than half say
they could access those weapons
- 4
in 10 respondents say a teen in their community
could get a gun within a day
- 7
in 10 would feel happier if schools were safer; more
than half say they would learn more
- 3
in 4 report that "stupid things" -- a glance, a slight,
bumping into people -- cause most conflicts at school
- Nearly
3 in 10 have been physically threatened
- 8
in 10 have seen a school fight
- 1
in 10 say students carry weapons at school
- Nearly
4 in 5 have been robbed of something worth more than
$10 at school
- 2
in 3 students say there are cliques that are picked
on
- Solutions: 1
in 5 say metal detectors would make schools safer;
4 in 10 want "bad" kids sent away;
1 in 5 want conflict resolution
National Respondents
Male, 33%. Female, 67%. White,
79%. Black, 8%. Hispanic, 5%. Asian, 1%. Multiracial, 4%. Other,
3%.
Schools
Urban, 21%. Suburban, 31%. Rural or Small-Town. 48%.
Public, 92%. Private, 8%.
More
snapshots:
11%
of survey respondents say kids regularly carry weapons
to school.
77% of survey
respondents say they would be happier in general if they felt safer
at school.
21% of survey
respondents say they have felt afraid at school since Columbine.
15% of boys who
took the survey have visited a hate Web site; only 3% of girls have
done so.
91% of respondents
say they've seen students get "picked on" in the past year.
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