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Essex, Nathan L. – Clearing House, 2004
To search or not to search is a perplexing issue facing school leaders. On one hand, school officials are responsible for providing a safe and orderly learning environment for all students. On the other hand, they must recognize and respect students' personal rights. Achieving this delicate balance often is difficult for school officials. This…
Descriptors: Student Rights, Police, Crime, Court Litigation
Wetterer, Charles M. – NOLPE School Law Journal, 1971
Discusses Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures in terms of searches made of students and their lockers. (JF)
Descriptors: Administrators, Court Doctrine, Court Litigation, Crime
Wood, R. Craig; Chestnutt, Mark D. – West's Education Law Quarterly, 1995
Discusses the federal constitutional limits placed on school officials in various attempts to reduce crime in their schools. Describes searches of a student's person and belongings, school lockers, and the use of metal detectors. Possible pitfalls for schools in their efforts to reduce crime include due process requirements. (97 footnotes) (MLF)
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Court Litigation, Crime, Due Process
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Gonzalez, Orlando B. – 1992
Findings of a study that examined the effect of a 13-week inservice program on administrators' awareness of laws governing student searches and seizures are presented in this practicum report. Four school-site administrators participated in the project once a week. Program activities included case analyses, role-playing exercises, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law
Buss, William G. – 1971
This monograph summarizes methods used to investigate and prevent crime in school, sketches possible legal claims that students might make as a result of these approaches to inschool crime prevention, and, in an extensive analysis of five court cases, gives particular attention to the legal issues related to searches of student lockers by school…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Court Litigation, Crime, Freedom of Speech
National Organization on Legal Problems of Education, Topeka, KS. – 1976
This book contains a collection of 18 papers presented at the 1975 annual convention of the National Organization on Legal Problems of Education. All of the papers are organized around the topic of "Legal Problems in the Governance of Education." Titles of the individual papers include "Legal Issues in the Governance of American Education,""Points…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Court Litigation, Crime, Discipline Policy