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Todd R. Jones; Ezra Karger – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2023
Criminal activity is seasonal, peaking in the summer and declining through the winter. We provide the first evidence that arrests of children and reported crimes involving children follow a different pattern: peaking during the school year and declining in the summer. We use a regression discontinuity design surrounding the exact start and end…
Descriptors: Crime, Delinquency, Racism, Gender Bias
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Del Toro, Juan; Wang, Ming-Te – American Educational Research Journal, 2023
Police stops often perpetuate racial disparities in academic outcomes, yet few studies have examined factors that mitigate these negative consequences. Using two longitudinal studies (Study 1: n = 483, M-age = 12.88, 53% males; Study 2: n = 131, M-age = 15.11, 34% males), this article tests whether parental and school cultural socialization…
Descriptors: African Americans, Police, Racial Differences, Learner Engagement
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Heise, Michael; Nance, Jason P. – Journal of School Violence, 2021
While recent scholarship generally emphasizes how public school principals' perceptions influence various school safety practices, far less is understood about how principals' perceptions of school crime risk and academic climate informs schools' decisions on specific school safety outcomes, including a school's SRO/police presence and policies on…
Descriptors: Crime, School Surveys, School Safety, Public Schools
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Turcotte, Paul; Shea, Lindsay L.; Mandell, David – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2018
The objective was to examine the frequency, correlates, and overlap of school disciplinary actions, psychiatric hospitalizations, and police contact among children and adolescents with autism. Survey results from 2525 caregivers of individuals with autism in elementary through high school were examined. Logistic regression was used to examine…
Descriptors: Police, Autism, Trauma, Intervention
Fowler, Deborah – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
Unsupported fears of youth violence in schools has led to an expansion of school-based policing and zero tolerance discipline. The historical reality is that America's public schools are very safe, even when located in high crime neighborhoods. Yet, school discipline is becoming increasingly punitive, moving from the schoolhouse to the courthouse.…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, School Policy, Zero Tolerance Policy, Violence
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Edmonson, Hank M.; Bullock, Lyndal M. – Preventing School Failure, 1998
A study investigated the perceptions of five male elementary students with behavior disorders regarding aggression and violence in schools. Students associated aggressive and violent behavior with drug use, stealing, destruction of property, fighting, and gangs. Participants suggested adding more police to schools and involving students in…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Disorders, Delinquency, Educational Environment