Students in schools with SBLE tended to feel safer, but this finding rests on very little data¶

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Evidence · 1 study · quant-synthesis r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2023 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students in schools with SBLE tended to feel safer at school, though the review flags this finding as less trustworthy because it is based on very little data. → Fisher 2023

Evidence¶

Fisher 2023¶

Fisher, B. W., Petrosino, A., Persson, H., Guckenburg, S., Fronius, T., Benitez, I., & Earl, K. (2023). School‐based law enforcement strategies to reduce crime, increase perceptions of safety, and improve learning outcomes in primary and secondary schools: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 19, e1360. https://doi.org/10.1002/cl2.1360

q2 · i? · quant-synthesis · r3

The review's plain language summary reports that "students in schools with SBLE tended to feel safer at school." The abstract notes the pooled estimate (g = 0.18) came from only seven effect sizes drawn from two correlational studies.

"We also found that students in schools with SBLE tended to feel safer at school, although this finding is less trustworthy because it is based on very little data."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• SBLE shows no beneficial effects on learning outcomes or other analyzed outcomes — related
• SBLE is associated with higher exclusionary discipline rates, with no detectable improvements to school crime or violence — related
• The SBLE evidence base contains no randomized experiments and carries high risk of bias — related
• Student-level analyses find no statistically significant association between SBLE and crime or behavior outcomes, from only four reports — related
• School-based law enforcement use is associated with greater crime and behavior problems in studies using schools as the unit of analysis — related
• Students report feeling less safe and more likely to perceive violence and disorder in schools with metal detectors — related