ERIC Number: EJ1397714
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 30
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ISSN: ISSN-0276-8739
EISSN: EISSN-1520-6688
The Thin Blue Line in Schools: New Evidence on School-Based Policing across the U.S.
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, v42 n4 p941-970 2023
U.S. public school students increasingly attend schools with sworn law enforcement officers present. Yet little is known about how these school resource officers (SROs) affect school environments or student outcomes. Our study uses a fuzzy regression discontinuity (RD) design with national school-level data from 2014 to 2018 to estimate the impacts of SRO placement. We construct this discontinuity based on the application scores for federal school-based policing grants of linked police agencies. We find that SROs effectively reduce some forms of violence in schools, but do not prevent gun-related incidents. We also find that SROs intensify the use of suspension, expulsion, police referral, and arrest of students. These increases in disciplinary and police actions are consistently largest for Black students, male students, and students with disabilities.
Descriptors: Public Schools, Law Enforcement, Educational Environment, Outcomes of Education, Police, Discipline, Suspension, Expulsion, Crime, African American Students, Males, Students with Disabilities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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