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A Multidisciplinary Examination of School Resources Officers: Discourse, Policy, and Stakeholders' Perceptions
Sat, April 23, 8:00 to 9:30am PDT (8:00 to 9:30am PDT), Manchester Grand Hyatt, Floor: 2nd Level, Harbor Tower, Harbor Ballroom DSession Type: Symposium
Abstract
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder, School Resource Officers' (SROs) presence in public schools become a spotlight issue in many districts across the United States. SROs are school-based law enforcement that plays a variety of security and educational roles in and around schools. This symposium explores discourses and perceptions shaping SRO policies over the past year by analyzing policymakers' conversation nationwide, the factors that influence school-level decisions to retain or remove in Chicago, and student perceptions on whether or not SROs provide a sense of safety. Taken together, these papers break new ground in both methods to research and understandings about the way SRO policies are shaped by national-, local-, and school-contexts.
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Remove or Keep? Understanding Decisions to Retain or Remove Police From Schools in the Defund the Police Movement - Jeremy Kidd Prim, University of California - Davis; Benjamin W. Fisher, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Ivan Benitez, University of Louisville; Ethan Higgins, University of North Carolina - Wilmington; Jordan Mayer, University of North Carolina - Wilmington
Retain or Remove? Factors in Chicago Public High Schools' Decisions Regarding School Resource Officers - Charles Tocci, Loyola University Chicago; David Igliozzi, Loyola University Chicago; Candace Kyles, Loyola University Chicago; Maryse Richards, Loyola University Chicago
The Impact of Internal and External Factors on Student Perceptions of School Resource Officers - Yael Granot, Smith College; Ogechi Cynthia Onyeka, Loyola University Chicago; Yelyzaveta DiStefano, Loyola University Chicago; Akila Raoul, Loyola University Chicago