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= RAHS Note Page =

Children's hunger to be fashionable brings another dimension to the connection between clothing style and school violence.
Many people believe adoption of school uniform policies will lead to increased school safety, student discipline, and student learning. More specifically, many have argued that school uniforms assist in reducing school violence and theft; preventing gang activity, such as students wearing gang colors and gang insignia; providing discipline in students; helping students to concentrate on their school work; helping students to resist peer pressure; and helping school officials easily recognize school intruders.

Connected Topics/Uses
==Clothing styles shown on tv and music videos are derived from the clothing that gangs wore to hide weapons and drugs. Gangs in inner city schools often enter schools and target kids wearing the wrong color or style at the time leading to injury to the victims.==

Long Beach California (60,000 students) uniform policy for kindergarten to eighth grade.
In the first year following implementation, overall school crime decreased by 36%; sex offenses, by 74%; physical fights between students, by 51%; weapons offenses, by 50%; assault and battery offenses, by 34%; school suspensions, by 32%; and vandalism, by 18%.