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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
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Filipovic, Luna – Applied Linguistics, 2022
The aim of the study was to check whether minorities such as LEP/ZEP (limited/zero English proficiency) speakers can expect the same access to justice as competent English speakers in a majority language (US English) justice system. The main hypothesis is that, due to linguistic and cultural factors, the instances of miscommunication in the…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Limited English Speaking, Native Speakers, Police
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Slavny-Cross, Rachel; Allison, Carrie; Griffiths, Sarah; Baron-Cohen, Simon – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
The UK government identified 'improving support within the criminal justice systems' as a priority for autistic people. There is a lack of quantitative research to enable policymakers to make evidence-based decisions on how to improve access to justice for autistic people. This study used a case-comparison design to compare the experiences of 145…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Crime, Disproportionate Representation
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Schaefer, Zachary A. – Communication Teacher, 2012
Mobile communication technologies have changed the way that police do their job. Since the Rodney King beating outside of Los Angeles in 1991, literally thousands of police brutality videos have surfaced on the internet that document perceived acts of violence carried out against seemingly defenseless perpetrators. Police organizations throughout…
Descriptors: Violence, Civil Rights, Video Technology, Police
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Weiler, Spencer C.; Cray, Martha – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2011
The school resource officer (SRO) program began in the United States in the early to mid-1950s, however, the program did not gain prominence until the 1990s in response to various school shootings. According to national data, SROs can be found in 35 percent of school across America, regardless of level (elementary, middle, or high school),…
Descriptors: Violence, Program Effectiveness, Police School Relationship, Educational Environment
Rhodes, David – Campus Law Enforcement Journal, 2011
Indiana University (IU) is a leading research university located in Bloomington, Indiana. Considered one of the top 100 universities in the world, IU has over 110 academic programs ranked in the top 20 nationwide in such diverse areas as medicine, law, business, education, the arts and sciences. But one program that is little known is the Indiana…
Descriptors: Police, Law Enforcement, Work Experience, School Security
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Zhang, Anlan; Musu-Gillette, Lauren; Oudekerk, Barbara A. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2016
Our nation's schools should be safe havens for teaching and learning, free of crime and violence. Any instance of crime or violence at school not only affects the individuals involved, but also may disrupt the educational process and affect bystanders, the school itself, and the surrounding community (Brookmeyer, Fanti, and Henrich 2006;…
Descriptors: Crime, Violence, School Safety, National Surveys
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Jones, Megan – Social Education, 2011
On December 21, 1911, Fremont Weeks, an employee of the Adams Express Company, was arrested while on the job at Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri. Police suspected that Weeks was selling and "transmitting chances" in a lottery, which at the time was considered gambling, an illegal action in Missouri. While Weeks was being held at…
Descriptors: Evidence, Police, Federal Courts, Law Enforcement
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Jackowicz, Stephen, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES), which took place on April 22-25, 2021, in New York, New York. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share ideas, to…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Information Dissemination, History Instruction, Foreign Students
Redden, Donald L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The current research was designed to furnish an unpretentious but rigorous examination of the subject of ethics education, seeking the most commanding and useful method to deliver the curriculum. A review of the literature revealed several methods currently used to teach ethics. The respondents examined the various methods, noted the positive and…
Descriptors: Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Case Studies, Instructional Effectiveness
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Sun, Ivan Y.; Su, Mingyue; Wu, Yuning – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
Domestic violence has emerged as a worldwide concern since the 1970s. Although a substantial amount of efforts have been devoted to assessing various aspects of domestic violence, a relatively small number of studies have empirically examined factors that shape public attitudes toward police response to such incidents. Even rarer is investigating…
Descriptors: College Students, Family Violence, Student Attitudes, Law Enforcement
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Jackowicz, Stephen, Ed.; Sahin, Ismail, Ed. – Online Submission, 2021
"Proceedings of International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences" includes full papers presented at the International Conference on Humanities, Social and Education Sciences (iHSES) which took place on April 22-25, 2021 in New York, USA-www.ihses.net. The aim of the conference is to offer opportunities to share…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Handheld Devices, Audio Equipment, Foreign Students
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Braga, Anthony A.; Hureau, David M.; Papachristos, Andrew V. – Evaluation Review, 2011
Background: A small but growing body of research evidence suggests that place-based police interventions generate significant crime control gains. While place-based policing strategies have been adopted by a majority of U.S. police departments, very few agencies make a priori commitments to rigorous evaluations. Objective: Recent methodological…
Descriptors: Police, Program Effectiveness, Geographic Location, Crime
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Arntfield, Mike – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2008
This article interrogates the relationship between technology and law enforcement and how changing police surveillance techniques have influenced Western expectations of privacy from the mid-19th century to the present. By examining the evolution of telecommunications devices in particular, the author identifies a diffuse and publicly inclusive…
Descriptors: Privacy, Law Enforcement, Telecommunications, Foreign Countries
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Ruddy, Sally A.; Bauer, Lynn; Neiman, Samantha – National Center for Education Statistics, 2010
This report provides estimates of criminal incidents that occur at school. Incident-level data were obtained from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), the nation's primary source of information on criminal victimization and criminal incidents in the United States. The NCVS collects demographic information on respondents in the NCVS…
Descriptors: School Buses, Weapons, Violence, Crime
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