Table 29. Percentage of public middle schools reporting that their efforts to reduce or prevent crime at school were limited in a major way, a minor way, or not at all, by selected factors: School year 2005

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Table 29. Percentage of public middle schools reporting that their efforts to reduce or prevent crime at school were limited in a major way, a minor way, or not at all, by selected factors: School year 2005–06
Factor	Efforts to reduce or prevent crime were limited in a major way	Efforts to reduce or prevent crime were limited in a minor way	Efforts to reduce or prevent crime were not limited at all
Lack of or inadequate teacher training in classroom management	5	37	58
Lack of or inadequate alternative placements or programs for disruptive students	23	37	39
Likelihood of complaints from parents	2	30	69

Lack of teacher support for school policies	3	20	77
Lack of parental support for school policies	8	38	54
Teachers’ fear of student retaliation	2	16	83

Fear of litigation	3	26	71
Inadequate funds	21	38	41
Inconsistent application of school policies by faculty or staff	7	42	52

Fear of district or state reprisal	2	14	84
Federal, state, or district policies on disciplining special education students¹	17	37	46
Other federal policies on discipline and safety	5	25	70
Other state or district policies on discipline and safety	4	26	70
¹ A special education student was defined for respondents as "a child with a disability, defined as mental retardation, hearing impairments (including deafness), speech or language impairments, visual impairments (including blindness), serious emotional disturbance, orthopedic impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, or specific learning disabilities, and who needs special education and related services and receives these under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)."
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. Middle schools are defined as schools in which the lowest grade is not lower than grade 4 and the highest grade is not higher than grade 9.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 2005–06 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2006.

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