Are schools with gangs likely to have higher rates of victimization and fear?
6 Overall, in 1989, 15 percent of students feared an attack on their way to or from school and an even greater percentage (22%) feared an attack while at school. A much smaller percentage (4%) said they had actually been victimized in the last six months. Reported rates of fear and victimization varied by whether gangs were present in the school. Students at schools with gangs consistently reported much higher victimization rates and levels of fear than students at schools without gangs (table 1). Compared to students who did not report gangs in their schools, students who did were: nearly twice as likely to fear an attack at school; more than twice as likely to fear an attack while traveling to or from school; and more than twice as likely to have been victimized within the past six months. The overall proportion of students reporting they avoided certain areas within school (6%) or carried a weapon to school (2%) is roughly comparable to the proportion who reported being victimized i
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