ERIC Number: EJ1385492
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Sep
Pages: 30
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
EISSN: EISSN-1552-3896
Community Policing in Schools and School Resource Officer Transparency
Curran, F. Chris; Boza, Lelydeyvis
Educational Policy, v37 n6 p1573-1602 Sep 2023
Following increased attention to racial disparities in police use of force, national conversations have focused on the role of law enforcement, including in public schools. This study examines transparency with regard to the presence of law enforcement in schools. Leveraging novel school-level and district-level data from the state of Florida, this research shows that the majority of schools and about a third of school districts do not make information on law enforcement presence in schools publicly available. Furthermore, the study finds that schools and districts serving more White student bodies have higher levels of transparency around law enforcement than those serving less-White demographics, an important finding given the racialized context of current policy discussions around policing in US schools and society more broadly. These findings inform ongoing debates about law enforcement in schools while also raising implications for policy and practice around the racialized nature of government transparency.
Descriptors: Police, Police School Relationship, Law Enforcement, Whites, Racial Composition, Security Personnel, School Safety, Campuses, Accountability, Disclosure, Access to Information, Minority Group Students, Web Sites, Information Dissemination
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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