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Race, Poverty, and Exclusionary School Security

An Empirical Analysis of U.S. Elementary, Middle, and High Schools

Bibliographic Data

ID23355406
AuthorsAaron Kupchik (0000-0001-9241-6510, University of Delaware, corresponding author), Geoff Ward (0000-0003-1620-5214, University of California, Irvine)
Year2014
Volume12
Issue4
Pages332-354
Publication date2014-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueYouth Violence and Juvenile Justice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1541-2040 • E-ISSN: 1556-9330
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1541204013503890
OpenAlexW2331636428
LanguageEN
Citations received68
References cited52

As violence and crime within and around U.S. schools has drawn increased attention to school security, police, surveillance cameras, and other measures have grown commonplace at public schools. Social scientists commonly voice concern that exclusionary security measures are most common in schools attended by poor and non-White students, yet there is little empirical basis for assessing the extent of differential exposure, as we lack research on how exclusionary measures are distributed relative to school and student characteristics. To address this gap in the research, we use nationally representative school-level data from the School Survey on Crime and Safety to consider the security measures employed in elementary, middle, and high schools. Results indicate that while security measures are ubiquitous in U.S. high schools, those considered more exclusionary are concentrated in elementary, middle, and high schools attended by non-White and/or poorer students.

Criminology · Differential (mechanical device) · Environmental health · Poison control · Political science · Poverty · Suicide prevention · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Education Discipline and Inequality · Engineering · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Psychology

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