Do Interactions With School Resource Officers Predict Students’ Likelihood of Being Disciplined and Feelings of Safety? Mixed-Methods Evidence From Two School Districts

Autor:	Benjamin W. Fisher, Aaron Kupchik, F. Chris Curran, Samantha Viano
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Medical education Resource (biology) media_common.quotation_subject 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Survey research Education In depth interviews Feeling 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0509 other social sciences Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis. 43:200-232
ISSN:	1935-1062 0162-3737
DOI:	10.3102/0162373720985904
Popis:	School resource officers (SROs) are common in schools, yet consequences of their presence are poorly understood. This study leveraged mixed-methods data from student surveys and group interviews across 25 schools to examine how the frequency of interactions and trust/comfort between students and SROs relate to disciplinary outcomes and feelings of safety. We found no evidence that, in this context, more frequent interactions or differing trust/comfort with SROs increased disciplinary consequences, perhaps because, as students report, SROs tended to not engage in formal discipline. We found that, although SROs were seen as increasing safety, interactions with SROs may have heightened students’ sense of danger, potentially mitigating any benefit to students’ overall feelings of safety. Implications for use of SROs are discussed.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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