My main research question is: Are Student Resource Officers making schools safer? To my understanding these are essentially school police that have came into existence about 20 years ago. Security and other school staff have existed but not actual police officers. It is important for schools to remain safe, but are these officers making schools safer or maybe pushing kids out of school? There are rules like 'Zero Tolerance' policies that will suspend students for minor offenses. Are the officers protecting the students in this scenario? Or should other measures be taken that doesn't require a police officer to be on most school campuses? I believe databases and academic journals will have answers to the effects that Zero Tolerance policies have. Also, the rate or suspension and expels may be available for me to find. Prevention is another topic that I will research in depth. School shootings aren't the only thing I'll be looking into because these are very rare cases, instead I will aim to focus on the effect that Student Resource Officers have on high schools across all demographics, locations, and socio-economic areas.
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