Common non-curricular policing strategies show no overall effects on measures of school crime or discipline¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Across the 12 reviewed quasi-experiments, none of the reported analyses indicated a positive impact on school safety outcomes. → Stern 2018

Evidence¶

Stern 2018¶

Stern, A., & Petrosino, A. (2018). What do we know about the effects of school-based law enforcement on school safety? San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://www.wested.org/resources/effects-of-school-based-law-enforcement-on-school-safety

q3 · i? · review · r2

The same systematic review of 12 quasi-experiments reported that "common non-curricular policing strategies have no overall effects on measures of crime or discipline in schools," and the brief adds that none of the multiple analyses indicated a positive impact on school safety outcomes.

"The review conducted by Petrosino and colleagues (forthcoming) also suggests that common non-curricular policing strategies have no overall effects on measures of crime or discipline in schools."

Discussion¶

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