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You are here: Home / FEATURED POSTS / TBI Releases Annual School Crime and Domestic Violence Studies

TBI Releases Annual School Crime and Domestic Violence Studies

June 29, 2019 By Dick Cook and Contributed Article 0 Comments

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released two new studies today, detailing the volume and nature of crime on school campuses and crime identified as having a domestic violence nexus. Both studies utilize data from the Tennessee Incident Based Reporting System (TIBRS).


Among the findings of ‘School Crime 2018’:

·         The overall number of offenses reported as having occurred on a school campus increased 13.9% from 2016 to 2018.

·         Simple Assault was the most frequently reported offense, at 37.6%.

·         The month of September had the highest frequency of reported school crimes.

·         Females accounted for 53.3% of reported victims.

Among the findings of ‘Domestic Violence 2018’:

·         A total of 73,568 offenses were reported as domestic-related in 2018, reflecting a decrease of 5.8% from 2017 to 2018.

·         Of the reported domestic violence offenses, 49,455 of them were reported as Simple Assault.

·         Females were three times more likely to be victimized than males, accounting for 71.1% of all reported domestic violence victims.

·         Domestic violence was reported as a factor in 98 murders in 2018.

“The issue of domestic violence is by no means a novel problem in American society,” said TBI Director David Rausch. “The persistence of domestic violence and the large number of related incidents reported to law enforcement necessitate continued awareness about this issue.”

Both reports are now available for further review and download on the TBI’s website: https://www.tn.gov/tbi/divisions/cjis-division/recent-publications.html.

Filed Under: FEATURED POSTS, News

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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