This section briefly describes each of the datasets used in this
report: the School-Associated Violent Deaths Surveillance Study,
the Supplementary Homicide Reports, the Web-based Injury
Statistics Query and Reporting System Fatal, the National Crime
Victimization Survey, the School Crime Supplement to the
National Crime Victimization Survey, the Youth Risk Behavior
Survey, the Schools and Staffing Survey, and the School Survey
on Crime and Safety. Directions for obtaining more information
are provided at the end of each description. The School-
Associated Violent Deaths Surveillance Study (SAVD) is an
epidemiological study developed by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention in conjunction with the U.S. Department
of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice. SAVD seeks to
describe the epidemiology of school-associated violent deaths,
identify common features of these deaths, estimate the rate of
school-associated violent death in the United States, and
identify potential risk factors for these deat