Crime and Education Males are only slightly more likely to carry a weapon to school than females, four percent for males, three percent for females in 1994. Over two million teenagers are the victims of violent crime annually, and numerous studies have pointed to the increased possession of weapons by adolescents as a major part of the problem. On average, one out of three high school students is, or has been, in an abusive dating relationship, and only four out of ten of these relationships end when violence and abuse begins. Eighty-three percent of high school females and 64.9 percent of high school males say another student touched, grabbed or pinched them in a sexual way.
College administrators report they are seeing increased crime on their campuses.
Underage drinking and other alcohol-related offenses rose six percent. Anti-Semitic college and university campus incidents increased 17 percent over 1993, including incidents of personal harassment, threat and assault. Twenty-three percent of violent juvenile victimizations occurred in school or on school property in 1991. A Focus on Violence.