"Schools Are Not Safer with Police": A Critical Discourse Analysis of Public Comments on the Removal of School Resource Officers

Autor/in	Jenkins, DeMarcus A.
Titel	"Schools Are Not Safer with Police": A Critical Discourse Analysis of Public Comments on the Removal of School Resource Officers
Quelle	In: Journal of Education Human Resources, 41 (2023) 3, S.413-439 (27 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
DOI	10.3138/jehr-2022-0002
Schlagwörter	Discourse Analysis; Police School Relationship; Educational Policy; Meetings; Boards of Education; Contracts; Stakeholders; Policy Analysis; School Safety; School Districts; Public Opinion; Politics of Education; Public Education; Decision Making; Urban Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; African Americans; African American Students; Race; Racism; Colorado (Denver) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Diskursanalyse; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Meeting; Tagung; Ausschuss; Vertrag; Politikfeldanalyse; School district; Schulbezirk; Öffentliche Meinung; Educational policy; Öffentliche Erziehung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Afroamerikaner; African Americans; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Rasse; Abstammung; Rassismus
Abstract	Public comments offered by citizens at local school board meetings play an important role in shaping the educational policy process. However, educational researchers have underexamined them in debates about educational policy change. Drawing from critical discourse analysis, this study examines the public comments offered at a school board meeting where a proposal to terminate a contract with the police department and remove school resource officers from schools was being considered. In particular, this study is interested in the arguments that stakeholders use to express their support for or opposition to the board's proposal. My findings highlight the logics that stakeholders employ to let their perspectives be heard including conflicting notions of safety, the possibilities for alternatives, and individual encounters with "good" police. As more districts across the United States consider removing police, this study contributes new insights into the influence of public opinion on policy decisions, as well as into community attitudes toward police in schools. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01