Posted on 02/22/2018 4:24:41 PM PST by SJackson
Knee-jerk reactions to school shootings exacerbate the school-to-prison pipeline in the name of school safety.
When President Donald Trump held a listening session with survivors of gun violence, their family members and the parents of murdered students on Wednesday, much of the discussion focused on ways to enhance school security. The president recommended arming teachers, while one parent suggested that undercover police officers pose as teachers and school staff. Several parents called for more security officers at schools.
Theres scant evidence that more cops and security guards on campus actually stop school shootings. Theres an abundance of evidence suggesting that more school security means more vulnerable students getting funneled at an early age into the criminal justice system.
Black children are already more likely to get arrested at school. In 2012, black children represented only 16 percent of school-aged children, but 31 percent of those arrested.
And when more cops are in school, these arrests are more likely to take place, even for minor misbehaviors. Its a phenomenon that advocates call the school-to-prison pipeline.
The more we add security or police forces and so on to schools, the more likely it is the students who are already at risk of being seen as potential trouble makers get swept up into the justice system or suspended and pushed out of schools, said Aaron Kupchik, a professor at the University of Delaware, who studies this issue. The risks are even higher for students who are already more vulnerable.
(Excerpt) Read more at huffingtonpost.com ...
CORRECT.
There is the equivalent of a mass school shooting EVERY week in Chicago and because it is run by a Liberal nothing is ever said.
This idiot writer of the story does not mention school security measures in Israel. They have armed security in their schools, which has led to a near zero episodes of criminal or terrorist actions. In Israel, they dont play.
Cut and dry...cops are rascists. /Rebecca Klein impression
HARDLY..!!! Check him out:
And I hear his dad, Jeff Kasky, has something to do with *child trafficking*.
Oh, but junior has no trouble getting $500,000 from Oprah and $500,000 from George Clooney, huh..?
I guess the chips will fall where they may.
Oh well....
Would she be ok with Only Black Cops in schools?!
Maybe you prefer more black kids in the cemetery?
Now THAT is racist.
Enforcing the law and civilized behavior is just to hard on Black kids.
I’m sure that this communist, racist slut, Rebecca Klein, would love to see white people murdered by the thousands.
Expedite the process and they can get there quicker and get all the coveted trustee jobs.
Ain’t that the truth....
Why would that happen?
So being black gives them a go to jail card, right!
Asking for forgiveness, but I posted on Facebook, but included the copyright reference to Laz. In this flowchart format, this is nothing but scary.
Stop Snitchin’!
Blacks get arrested more because they do worse crimes and do them more often.
We need a “three strikes and you get a brief stay on death row” law.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.