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| The "Safe School" Program |
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Commander Avi Bruchman, Chief Inspector Avi Shofar. |
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Youth |
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Innovation Exchange No. 9 |
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01/04/2001 |
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Researchers in crime prevention, in Israel and around the world, are in disagreement as to the size and scope of juvenile offending within the educational system. Some claim that it is rising and that this increase is a direct expression of the demographic, cultural and moral changes in western societies. Violence within the schools seems also to be increasing. A research study conducted in Israel (Benvenishty, Zei'ira & Astor, 2000) reports that approximately 58% of all Israeli school children and about a third of high school students had, at some point, been victims either of verbal or physical violence.
The "Safe School" program was first tested in 1997, as a pilot program in five schools and as one component of Israel's national Community Policing strategy. As the problem of violence in schools worsened, the Israel Police decided to implement the program in more schools.
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