Why are many urban universities' relationships with their surrounding communities fraught despite university efforts at community engagement? Relationships between the factors underlying university-driven neighborhood change remain largely unexplored. In this article, I take the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) as a case study and examine the…

School resources officers (SROs) have increasingly become a staple in United States K-12 schools, and research on their roles and efficacy is prevalent. However, policy recommendations, when left unexamined, may perpetuate majoritarian narratives that harm marginalized students. This project investigates the majoritarian and counternarratives…

Research has been conducted for several decades on the framing of stories in the media. This study furthers that field by analyzing the way newspaper articles report on the deaths of unarmed people of color at the hands of law enforcement and security personnel between 1999 and 2017 to determine if local and national print media frame these…

A comprehensive search of the Westlaw case database for the period January 1, 2008 to August 31, 2018 identified 22 court decisions that contained federal civil rights claim rulings specific to the actions of school resource officers in response to the conduct of students with disabilities. Both the quantitative and qualitative results revealed…

This article summarizes the accomplishments of research on school safety in the past quarter century, identifies important gaps, and indicates promising directions for further progress. Although closely related, there are distinguishable bodies of research on physical and psychological safety. Physical safety research concerns the prevention of…

The development of school security forces in the 1950s is shown in historical perspective. Short-term and long-term impacts of security operations are discussed in relation to the school administration, local law enforcement agencies, and the adolescent students. Predictions are given for school security operations in the 1980s. (JN)

A challenge for teachers and administrators has been to develop security policies that will effectively reduce violence and improve school climate. This paper describes students' reactions to security measures implemented at a Chicago high school that served a low-socioeconomic-status neighborhood comprised predominantly of African-American and…

As the relationship between the college and the student has changed, so has the role of college law enforcement. The increased involvement of the courts since the 1960s in issues concerning the academic community has forced many colleges to evaluate and redefine their campus law enforcement procedures. (Author)

Chicago public elementary school students and teachers report a growing number of crimes and violent incidents on school property. This paper, which includes a lengthy literature review (14 pages), describes a study conducted to examine the opinions of one group of teachers regarding the safety and security climate in the school where they teach.…

Forming positive working relationships with the legal and law enforcement communities early in one's campus judicial affairs career can prevent difficulties in handling cases of a sensitive nature such as cases of sexual assault. (Author)

Intended for school administrators from the middle school to the university level, the development and maintenance of an effective campus security program are discussed. The leadership role of the school's administrator is stressed and the use of security and safety teams, traffic studies and other measures, to identify security risks and evaluate…