Theses and Dissertations

Issuing Body

Mississippi State University

Advisor

May, David C.

Committee Member

Haynes, Stacy H.

Committee Member

Barranco, Raymond Edward

Date of Degree

5-1-2020

Document Type

Graduate Thesis - Open Access

Major

Sociology

Degree Name

Master of Science

College

College of Arts and Sciences

Department

Department of Sociology

Abstract

In recent years, school resource officers (SROs) and their role in the context of school safety have become a popular topic of research. In this study, I analyze data from 31,156 students from over 100 schools in Kentucky to better understand how students perceive SROs and the impact of SROs on their perceptions of school safety. The findings reveal that males, students who liked having an SRO at their school, students who saw their SRO at several locations on campus during the typical school day, and students who viewed their SRO as more than a law enforcer felt safer at school and had a higher opinion of the SRO working at their school. Interestingly, school-level variables had no impact on these relationships. Implications for policy and future research are also discussed.

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/11668/16931

Comments

Criminology||School Resource Officer||School

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