Controlling Crime and Delinquency in the Schools: An Exploratory Study of Student Perceptions of School Security Measures

Autor/in	Brown, Ben
Titel	Controlling Crime and Delinquency in the Schools: An Exploratory Study of Student Perceptions of School Security Measures
Quelle	In: Journal of School Violence, 4 (2005) 4, S.105-125 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1538-8220
Schlagwörter	School Security; Police; Security Personnel; Gender Differences; Crime; Delinquency; Student Attitudes; High School Students; Drug Abuse; Weapons; Hispanic Americans; Educational Environment; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sicherheitsberuf; Geschlechterkonflikt; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Kriminalität; Schülerverhalten; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Weapon; Waffe; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	This paper provides an analysis of data on school security measures which were obtained from a survey administered to a sample of 230 high school students. The majority of students indicated that the school police officers and security officers help keep the schools safe and that the drug-sniffing dogs help reduce drugs in the schools, but there was no clear consensus among the students on the issues of whether the video surveillance cameras increase safety, whether the police and security officers should search students with metal detectors, or whether there should be more police and security officers in the schools. The only security measure which the majority of students disliked was the policy that all backpacks be translucent. An examination of gender differences in student perceptions of school security measures shows that males were significantly more likely than females to negatively evaluate the school police officers and to oppose the use of metal detectors in the schools. Finally, the data indicate that the aforementioned security strategies have little impact on the presence of drugs and weapons in the schools. The policy implications are discussed. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10