Policy to Practice: A Look at National and State Implementation of School Resource Officer Programs

Autor/inn/en	Cray, Martha; Weiler, Spencer C.
Titel	Policy to Practice: A Look at National and State Implementation of School Resource Officer Programs
Quelle	In: Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 84 (2011) 4, S.164-170 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-8655
Schlagwörter	Intervention; School Safety; Police; Program Implementation; School Security; Police School Relationship; Theory Practice Relationship; Educational Environment; Public Schools; Position Papers; Educational Policy; Role Perception; School Statistics; Content Analysis; Educational Administration; Colorado + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Positionspapier; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Role conception; Rollenverständnis; Inhaltsanalyse; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung
Abstract	In response to questions related to school safety, in the 1990s the school resource officer (SRO) program gained prominence as an effective intervention strategy. Despite the widespread utilization of SROs in America's public schools, there exists a lack of meaningful research related to practices and effectiveness of SRO programs. A school resource officer is a sworn police officer assigned to a school or a group of schools during the school year. The SRO presence in a school is intended to increase school safety for students, staff, and community members. However, little is actually known about the SRO program and its ability to increase school safety. SRO assignment patterns are documented in this study along with the use of memorandums of understandings (MOU), or other intergovernmental agency agreements, and the role of the MOU in promoting a safe learning environment. School officials interested in increasing school safety through the use of the SRO program are encouraged to develop meaningful MOUs that establish clear guidelines related to the conduct of the sworn police officer in the school building. (Contains 8 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10