Oregon School Violence and Juvenile Justice Longitudinal Study 2004-2015

This study contains 5,129,815 student-level observations from 855,580 unique youth in Oregon, analyzing longitudinal data from 2004 to 2015. It investigates root causes of school violence and the school-to-prison pipeline using a multi-systems approach across education, juvenile justice, and social services agencies. The collection includes 16 SPSS syntax files for data cleaning and analysis, but no raw data files.

Use Cases

• Analyze the sequence of events from school disciplinary incidents to juvenile court involvement using longitudinal agency data.
• Compare rates of suspensions and expulsions across demographic subgroups of students identified in the study.
• Model longer-term outcomes by integrating juvenile justice data from 2014-2015 with earlier academic records.
• Investigate interrelated risk factors for school violence from individual, family, school, and neighborhood contexts.

Strengths

• Large longitudinal scale with 5,129,815 observations across 10 years (2004-2015).
• Multi-agency data integration from state education, juvenile justice, health, and human services systems.
• Focus on 15 student cohorts from kindergarten through twelfth grade, providing a developmental perspective.

Limitations

• No raw data files are included in the collection, only analysis syntax and documentation.
• Qualitative interview component was limited, with research staff only permitted to speak with school principals.
• The dataset's structure and specific variables are not detailed in the available description.

Provenance

Source

RMC Research, with support from Oregon Youth Authority (OYA) and Oregon Department of Education (ODE).

Collection Method

Secondary analysis of existing longitudinal administrative data from multiple state agencies.

Time Range

2004/2005 through 2014/2015.

Freshness

Data covers up to 2015; metadata last updated in 2026.

Geography

State of Oregon, United States.