In a bid to prevent bad publicity, schools still play down crimes by disregarding reports, miscoding files, or even refusing to maintain a public crime log, Carter and others say.

• 卡特及其他一些人指出，为了避免对公众产生不良影响，各学校通过不理会犯罪报告，将文件胡乱归档，甚至拒绝维持一个公开的犯罪记录等手段来压低犯罪率。