Chapter
The School to Prison Pipeline and the Impact of School Resource Officers
33:15 - 37:35 (04:19)
Schools with school resource officers have almost five times the arrest rate as schools without.Schools play an integral role in the school to prison pipeline by involving law enforcement in school discipline and disproportionately influencing students of color and special needs students.
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The school to prison pipeline is the result of teachers not wanting to deal with complex students' problems which lead to special needs children being referred to police or subjected to a school-related arrest.
33:15 - 37:35 (04:19)
School to prison pipeline
Summary
The school to prison pipeline is the result of teachers not wanting to deal with complex students' problems which lead to special needs children being referred to police or subjected to a school-related arrest. A 2013-2014 report showed that black students were 27 times more likely to be arrested than white students leading to 8,000 arrests in just two years.