| How to Obtain
Documents |
| |
| NCJ Number:
|
NCJ 209270
|
| Title:
|
National Assessment of School Resource Officer Programs: Survey of Students in Three Large New SRO Programs
|
| Author(s):
|
Jack McDevitt ; Jenn Panniello
|
| Corporate Author:
|
Northeastern University
United States
|
| Sponsoring Agency:
|
|
| Sale:
|
National Institute of Justice/NCJRS
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849
United States
NCJRS Photocopy Services
Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
United States |
| Document Url:
|
PDF |
| Dataset at:
|
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/NACJD |
| Publication Date:
|
02/2005 |
| Pages:
|
43 |
| Type:
|
Program/project evaluations |
| Origin:
|
United States |
| Language:
|
English |
| Grant No.:
|
2000-IJ-CX-K002 |
| Note:
|
Dataset may be archived by the NIJ Data Resources Program at the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data |
| Annotation:
|
As part of a larger national evaluation of school resource officers (SRO's), students in three schools with SRO programs, each in a different State, were surveyed to determine their comfort in reporting crimes to the SRO and their perception of safety at school. |
| Abstract:
|
Data were obtained from 907 students. Through univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analysis, several factors were found to be linked to students' comfort in reporting crimes to SRO's and their perceptions of safety in schools. There was a statistically significant relationship between the number of student and SRO conversations and students' feeling of comfort in reporting crimes to the SRO. There was also a statistically significant relationship between a positive opinion of the SRO and feeling comfortable about reporting a crime to the SRO. Students' perception of safety at school also had a significant link with feeling comfortable in reporting crimes. Overall, the study indicated the importance of students having a positive opinion of the SRO as the common factor in feeling comfortable in reporting crime to the SRO and in feeling safe while at school. This finding suggests that SRO programs should focus on building a positive image of the SRO among the student body. Ways of doing this are beyond the parameters of this study. Further research is needed to address this issue. 13 tables, 21 references, and an appended copy of the questionnaire |
| Main Term(s):
|
Juvenile delinquency preventn prgs |
| Index Term(s):
|
Police school relations ; School security officers ; Crime in schools ; School delinquency programs ; School security officer training ; NIJ grant-related documents |
| |
To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=209270
|
* A link to the full-text document is provided whenever possible. For documents
not available online, a link to the publisher's web site is provided.
|
|
Help | Contact Us | Home
