School Crime; 30 year low.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Violent crime against students in schools fell by 50 percent between 1992 and 2002, and young people are more often targeted for violence away from school, according to a government report released Monday.

There were about 24 crimes of rape, sexual assault, robbery and physical assault for every 1,000 students in 2002, down from 48 per 1,000 a decade earlier, said the report from the Education and Justice departments.

The reduction mirrored the trend found outside classrooms -- overall crime is at a 30-year low across the nation.

*You have to wonder why things like this never make the front page. I suppose its easier to sell, "Kids are going to hell in a handbasket," then the truth.*

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