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 Crime and Theft support area #1 This is an indent Students who wore school uniforms had significantly higher achievement than the students not wearing uniforms." (Brunsman and Rockquemore, 1998). Some schools also say, "...innapropriate clothing distracts from learning, as some kids spend more time focused on their clothes than on homework and learning."(Article Base, para. 6) The research indicates that this has been the case in almost all schools so far where uniforms have been implemented. The wearing of uniforms should not be rejected outright simply because it is a traditional mode of dress. In the Long Beach Unified School District, reductions in fighting by 51 percent and in robbery by 65 percent were attributed to the wearing of uniforms (John Hodge, Mandatory School Uniforms: A Debate for Students 22). Also, schools report that there are less arguments over fashionable clothes(Article Base, para. 4). People who where the latest trend, ussually teased the people who didn't, and that used to make them even more sensitive about their clothing. Schools struggling with gang problems say that "...school uniforms help ease the tensions..."(Article Base, para. 4). Even former President Clinton suggested they should be mandatory for schools because of the significant improvements in students' academic acheivement and reductions in criminal behavior. 