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School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Role of School Resource Officers (SRO)

School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Role of School Resource Officers (SRO)

Sheri Jenkins Keenan, Jeffrey P. Rush
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781799868842|ISBN10: 1799868842|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799868859|EISBN13: 9781799868866
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-6884-2.ch002
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Keenan, Sheri Jenkins, and Jeffrey P. Rush. "School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Role of School Resource Officers (SRO)." Global Perspectives on Reforming the Criminal Justice System, edited by Michael Pittaro, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 26-39. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6884-2.ch002

APA

Keenan, S. J. & Rush, J. P. (2021). School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Role of School Resource Officers (SRO). In M. Pittaro (Ed.), Global Perspectives on Reforming the Criminal Justice System (pp. 26-39). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6884-2.ch002

Chicago

Keenan, Sheri Jenkins, and Jeffrey P. Rush. "School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Role of School Resource Officers (SRO)." In Global Perspectives on Reforming the Criminal Justice System, edited by Michael Pittaro, 26-39. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6884-2.ch002

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Abstract

Juvenile crime rates have declined steadily since 1994 (Nelson & Lind, 2015) and the number of youths in juvenile detention centers has dropped (Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2011; Hockenberry, 2014; Nelson & Lind, 2015; Smith, 1998); however, school discipline polices are moving in the other direction (Nelson & Lind, 2015). In recent years, the lines between the public school system and the juvenile justice system have become indistinct. There are several trends in K-12 education contributing to the school-to-prison pipeline such as declining school funding, resegregation of schools by race and class, under-representation of students of color in advanced placement, over-representation of student of color in special education, the creation and expansion of “zero-tolerance” policies, tracking, increased presence of SROs, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), standardized testing, and rising drop-out rates (Heitzeg et al., 2009). However, the focus here is the expansion and increased reliance on “zero-tolerance” policies and the use of the SRO to enforce those policies which play an immediate and integral role in feeding the school-to-prison pipeline.

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