Crime in the Schools: Reducing Conflict With Student Problem Solving

Teachers, administrators, and students are expressing increasing concerns about the presence of drugs, gangs, weapons and crime on school campuses. This NIJ Research in Brief, Crime in the Schools: Reducing Conflict With Student Problem Solving, discusses an investigation of a student-based problem-solving model for reducing crime in the Nation's schools. Results of this study indicate that a guided group process can reduce school crime and improve the overall school climate. However, most of the conflicts uncovered during this project concerned everyday school interactions rather than gangs, drugs, and armed agitators.