2013-2014 Biennial Report to the 84th Texas Legislature
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12/31/2014
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Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division
Abstract
This publication presents data on the nature, volume, and extent of reported crime on school campuses, excluding colleges and universities, from 2012 to 2014. This study is based on data submitted monthly to the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS), which collects data on all reported crime in the state. All law enforcement agencies as well as colleges and universities are mandated to report crime statistics to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) through the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS). Among the findings were that the number of offenses occurring in schools from 2012 to 2014 decreased by 14.4% from 11,017 in 2012 to 9,428 in 2014; simple assault was the most frequently reported crime at 35.4% and the month of February had the highest frequency of school crimes, while the most frequently reported day for school crimes was Friday.
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This report prepared for the Texas legislature describes the activities of the Criminal Justice Division from September 2012 to August 2014. It describes CJI's guiding principles and the Division's activities related to criminal and juvenile justice, victim services, specialty court programs, Texas' Ten Most Wanted Program, and funding.