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Ashlee Yates Flanagan; Meredith Cola; Naomi Yu; Haley Peele; Keeana Dicette; Grace Hicks; Maggie Rose Pelella; Ayana King-Pointer; Jamiel Owens; Dieu M. Truong; Aili Hauptmann; Juan Pacheco; Alison Russell; Amanda Lee; Sarah Schillinger; Maxine Covello; Meg Lyons; Rita Solórzano; Sinan Turnacioglu; Vijay Ravindran; Joseph P. McCleery; Judith S. Miller; Julia Parish-Morris – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
In the United States, Black autistic youth face elevated risk of negative outcomes during police interactions. Although the outcomes of these interactions are well-documented, less is known about Black autistic youths' experiences during police encounters, as the current literature has largely examined the experiences of autistic adults, mostly…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, African Americans, Blacks, Caregiver Attitudes
Eddins, Mary; Lapp, David – Research for Action, 2020
In recent years, some school districts across Allegheny County have made noteworthy changes to school policing. While some districts have sought to reduce or eliminate reliance on police, a growing number of other districts in the county have, with community support announced expanded police presence and in some cases have decided to arm police.…
Descriptors: Police, Police School Relationship, School Security, County School Districts
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Rogers, Christopher R.; Mendelsohn, Ben; Strong, Krystal – Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2023
Background: This article considers the speculative and pedagogical character of campus abolitionist organizing. Extending education research into the knowledge (re)producing functions of radical activism, we draw upon the Black Radical Tradition to theorize the intersections of learning and imagination in both activism and education. Method: The…
Descriptors: Activism, Educational Research, Teaching Experience, Faculty College Relationship
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Elizabeth B. Dowdell; Raina V. Lamade; Austin F. Lee; Ann Schuler; Robert A. Prentky – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Adolescent behavior now occurs offline and online. Frequently studied and treated independently, the relationship between offline problem behaviors and online risk taking is not well understood. This study asked whether there are any problematic behaviors predictive of online risk taking by high school students. Using a 2009 dataset of 2,077 high…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, High School Students, Behavior Problems, Mental Health
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Kruis, Nathan E.; McLean, Katherine; Rakhmatullaev, Bobur; Bish, David – Journal of School Violence, 2022
This exploratory study used data collected from a representative sample of 522 Pennsylvania residents and 238 Pennsylvania college students to measure attitudes toward four different types of campus carry (CC) -- student, faculty, staff, and universal carry. Findings indicated that a slight majority of both samples believed that armed staff and…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Weapons, College Students
Research for Action, 2020
Concerns for student safety are a commonly cited reason for the presence of police in schools. But as the nation grapples with the appropriate roles and responsibilities of police more broadly, the time is right to shine a light on what we know about the effects of police in schools. This brief summarizes the research related to this question.…
Descriptors: Police, School Safety, Program Effectiveness, Crime Prevention
Research for Action, 2020
In this brief, Research for Action examines the prevalence of school policing in Pennsylvania schools. While data on police presence is limited, this brief is able to examine: (1) race/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in school police staffing and spending; (2) race/ethnic disparities in referrals to law enforcement and school-based arrests by…
Descriptors: Police, School Safety, Minority Group Students, Students with Disabilities
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White, Michael D.; Klinger, David – Crime & Delinquency, 2012
Recent police shootings in which multiple officers fired numerous rounds at suspects have led some observers to assert that such situations involve "contagious fire," where an initial officer's shots launch a cascade of gunfire from other officers present. Although there is anecdotal recognition of the contagious fire phenomenon among…
Descriptors: Violence, Police, Law Enforcement, Predictor Variables
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Holleran, David; Beichner, Dawn; Spohn, Cassia – Crime & Delinquency, 2010
Although prior research has contributed to understanding of the factors that influence sexual assault case processing, it has primarily been viewed through the prosecutorial lens. The authors assert that a prosecutor's charging decision involves not only a decision to file or reject the charge but, assuming that the case is not rejected, also a…
Descriptors: Rape, Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement, Police
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Gridack, Paige – Journal of Archival Organization, 2009
Bertillon cards are underutilized resources, often regarded as the remnants of an antiquated nineteenth century police identification system. Through the application of computer search techniques, data manipulation, and outreach, not only can institutions provide their patrons access to this unique information, these collections can in turn help…
Descriptors: Archives, Surveys, Preservation, Storage
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McAfee, James K.; Cockram, Judith; Wolfe, Pamela S. – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2001
A study involving police officers in Western Australia (n=138) and Pennsylvania (n=168) revealed that officers responded differently to crimes involving persons with mental retardation. In some cases, police were more tolerant of the disability, in others they were less tolerant. Response patterns were not different for Australian and Pennsylvania…
Descriptors: Adults, Disability Discrimination, Foreign Countries, Law Enforcement
US Senate, 2005
During this hearing, the Committee heard testimony on the issue of juvenile violence. Juvenile violence is a problem nationally of epidemic proportion, a very, very serious problem in the city of Philadelphia and in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the first five months of this year there has been an enormous increase in juvenile violence with…
Descriptors: Prevention, Victims of Crime, Violence, Police
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Monahan, Thomas P. – Phylon, 1970
Descriptors: Black Youth, Delinquency, Law Enforcement, Police
Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
Pennsylvania's sophisticated system for student loan fraud and abuse detection is described, including the factors felt to contribute to its success and suggestions for improving other state agency fraud units. (MSE)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cheating, Compliance (Legal), Fraud
Thrush, John D. – 1977
This volume is intended to help public administrators and attorneys deal with the legal problems in Pennsylvania public sector labor relations. In it, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board is discussed and public sector labor relations court decisions are cited. The volume is intended to be a reference book and to reveal inconsistencies in…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Books, City Government, Collective Bargaining