Violent and property crime rates rose for U.S. residents in 2012, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. These estimates are based on data from the annual National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which has collected information from victims of crime age 12 or older since 1973, according to a PRNewswire release.
The 2012 Indicators of School Crime and Safety report also notes that 77 percent of students (age 12-18) reported having security cameras in their schools.
For the first time since 2008 or so when crime decreased yearly, U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced an estimated 5.8 million violent victimizations and 17.1 million property victimizations, in both cases a significant jump, based on data from the annual National Crime Victimization Survey.
Under the state's strict new anti-bullying law, schools have reported more than 12,000 incidents of bullying, intimidation and harassment over the last school year.
The most enduring theory of W. Edwards Deming – one of the business world’s most respected authorities on organizational theory – was that unless an activity is measured, it cannot be properly managed. Dr. Deming believed that all decision-making must be driven by reliable data, and this once revolutionary concept is now accepted as a fundamental management practice at most corporations around the globe.