TY  - BOOK
AU  - Almanza, Matthew
AU  - Mason, Makayla
AU  - Melde, Chris
TI  - Perceptions of school resource officers: Protectors or prosecutors*? 
KW  - systematic review
KW  - school resource officers
KW  - school to prison pipeline
KW  - perceptions
KW  - school safety
N1  - Abstract

Since the 1990s there has been a significant rise in the number of police officers in schools. There have been growing concerns regarding the effects of school resource officers (SRO) on students' long-term outcomes and whether or not they are an effective aspect of school safety. Public opin-ion, especially among key stakeholder groups, impacts policy and practice decisions, and, therefore, there is a need to examine and synthesize the current state of the literature on stakeholder perceptions of SROs. We conducted a systematic review of the literature regarding student, teacher, prin-cipal, parent, and SRO perceptions of the role and effectiveness of SROs. The findings across thirty-one publications suggest that key stakeholder groups largely report SROs as a positive presence within schools. Findings are mixed across studies, however, and key differences in perceptions of law enforcement among important school stakeholder populations are discussed
ER  -