Niceness as Whiteness in School Police Officers’ Perceptions of Student Arrest
Educational Policy: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Policy and Practice
Published online on May 14, 2026
Abstract
Educational Policy, Ahead of Print.
School Resource Officers (SROs), or sworn police officers in schools with arrest powers, are increasingly common in schools. Despite concerns surrounding SROs broadly and their use of arrest, in particular, little is known about how SROs understand their ...
School Resource Officers (SROs), or sworn police officers in schools with arrest powers, are increasingly common in schools. Despite concerns surrounding SROs broadly and their use of arrest, in particular, little is known about how SROs understand their ...