Two-thirds of roughly 3 million crimes committed in schools occur in suburban and rural areas. Paul Kerstein: Despite common misconceptions and stereotypes, the safest schools, on average, are in urban areas. It’s refreshing to read about security experts and analysts going to communities to address the core of school safety issues and what communities can do at a grass roots level, rather than trying to sell a school system fancy metal detectors and security systems. How can we know if anything is wrong if there is no communication with students?”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2136789/for-safe-schooling–try-an-urban-school.html