Outcome Area 5: Children and youth are safe and free from violence and injury.

When children don’t feel safe in their homes, schools, and communities, they are less likely to attend school regularly and more likely to have behavioral health problems. And those are impacts above and beyond the immediate dangers of injury or death. We focus on five categories of indicators for this outcome:

A variety of school safety offenses provide an indication of the prevalence of serious safety issues in schools.

The extent to which students report carrying a weapon is an indicator of feeling unsafe in the community.

Arrests of juveniles for driving under the influence (DUI) highlights the extent to which teens engage in such activity, especially dangerous because of its potential impact on passengers and others who are not in the car.

Childhood mortality rates due to injury or motor vehicle traffic highlight the extent to which many child deaths are due to causes that may be preventable or controllable.

Crimes against children and youth – particularly child abuse and neglect, violent crime, and sexual assault – are particularly traumatic and dangerous incidents.

Large percentages of youth in the behavioral health and juvenile justice systems have experienced trauma, evidence that the prevention of violence and abuse is a critical need in our community.

Core Indicators

Outcome Area 5: Children and youth are safe and free from violence and injury.

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School safety offenses

Core Indicator: Total number of school safety offenses by category
Data Source: Virginia Department of Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, School Report Card
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Carrying a weapon

Core Indicator: Past month prevalence of carrying a weapon. Weapons include guns, knives, or clubs.  (New baseline established on School Year 2015-16.)
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Driving under the influence (DUI) arrests

Core Indicator: Number of DUI arrests, ages 17 and under
Data Source: Fairfax County Police Department, Leads Records Management System
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Childhood mortality due to injury

Mortality due to unintentional injury

Core Indicator: Childhood death rate by unintentional injury
Data Source: To be determined
 

Mortality due to motor vehicle traffic

Core Indicator: Childhood death rate by motor vehicle traffic
Data Source: To be determined
Crimes against children and youth

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Child abuse

Child abuse rate
Core Indicator: Number of incidents of abuse or neglect per 1,000 children under 18 years of age.
Data Source: Virginia Department of Social Services
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Child abuse cases (Child Protective Services)
Core Indicator: Number of children associated with accepted/validated Child Protective Services referrals.
Data Source: Fairfax County Department of Family Services, Child Protective Services
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Child abuse cases requiring police intervention
Core Indicator: Number of child abuse incidents requiring police intervention
Data Source: Fairfax County Police Department, Leads Records Management System
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Victims of violent crime

Core Indicator: Number of juvenile victims of violent crime
Data Source: Fairfax County Police Department, Leads Records Management System
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Forced to have sex

Children and youth physically forced to have sex (self-reported)
Core Indicator: Percentage of students physically forced to have sex
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Reported cases of forcible rape
Core Indicator: Number of juvenile victims of forcible rape
Data Source:Fairfax County Police Department, Leads Records Management System