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To Protect, Serve, and Teach: Police Officers in Public Schools

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In recent years, police officers have begun full-time assignments at increasing numbers of schools across the U.S. These officers are often referred to as School Resource Officers (SROs); though they work in the schools, they usually are hired by, trained by, and supervised by the police department rather than the school, principal, or school district. In this paper we analyze ethnographic data from four high schools to discuss ways in which the presence of these officers shapes the school social climate and students’ legal socialization. Though officers are placed in schools with the intent of mentoring students and fostering both prosocial bonds and pro-law enforcement attitudes, the presence of SROs can lead to several negative consequences for students, including escalation of minor misbehavior problems, heightened punishments for misbehaviors, and socialization into a contemporary culture of control. Yet our data also show that SROs may make students feel safer, which in turn might at least partially balance out the negative consequences of SROs.
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Kupchik, Aaron. and Bracy, Nicole. "To Protect, Serve, and Teach: Police Officers in Public Schools" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society Association, Hilton Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 27, 2008 <Not Available>. 2010-01-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p235440_index.html>

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Kupchik, A. and Bracy, N. , 2008-05-27 "To Protect, Serve, and Teach: Police Officers in Public Schools" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the The Law and Society Association, Hilton Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec, Canada <Not Available>. 2010-01-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p235440_index.html

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Abstract: In recent years, police officers have begun full-time assignments at increasing numbers of schools across the U.S. These officers are often referred to as School Resource Officers (SROs); though they work in the schools, they usually are hired by, trained by, and supervised by the police department rather than the school, principal, or school district. In this paper we analyze ethnographic data from four high schools to discuss ways in which the presence of these officers shapes the school social climate and students’ legal socialization. Though officers are placed in schools with the intent of mentoring students and fostering both prosocial bonds and pro-law enforcement attitudes, the presence of SROs can lead to several negative consequences for students, including escalation of minor misbehavior problems, heightened punishments for misbehaviors, and socialization into a contemporary culture of control. Yet our data also show that SROs may make students feel safer, which in turn might at least partially balance out the negative consequences of SROs.

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