In order to establish biases that students have on police officers, my first question that I asked every student was what their opinion on police officers is and why they believe police officers are in schools. This was crucial because if a student had a negative opinion or bias, it can skew their answers for the rest of the questions. Also, it is important to acknowledge whether the students understood the accurate reasoning for school resource officers. 9 students (students B, C, D, E, G, H, I, J, K, L) stated that most police officers are good, however some are bad. Student A and F stated that they enforce laws, but sometimes can take it too far and abuse their power. Student L stated that they believe most police officers choose this career
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After giving this definition to every student interviewed, I asked them to provide me with their opinion on whether they believe this theory is true. Student B had no response to this particular question. Student J believes that police officers in schools do increase the chance of students ending up in a juvenile system because they are always looking for trouble. On the other hand, the 11 other students (students A, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M) believe this theory is false. 7 of these 11 students (students E, G, H, I, K, L, M) stated that having police present will not affect whether a student is arrested or not. Student F stated that your future is up to you and if you get in prison then it is your fault, not the SROs. Student G also indicated that if a student does something big enough to go to prison, they will end up with the same consequence regardless. Student M stated that the police are here to help and if they weren’t students would get out of hand. Generally speaking, 11 of the 13 students interviewed do not view the SROs as someone who is only there to punish. This devalues the School to Prison Pipeline theory as a majority of these students have been involved in some type of criminal activity, but place the blame in the students actions not the presence of the SROs in
After giving this definition to every student interviewed, I asked them to provide me with their opinion on whether they believe this theory is true. Student B had no response to this particular question. Student J believes that police officers in schools do increase the chance of students ending up in a juvenile system because they are always looking for trouble. On the other hand, the 11 other students (students A, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M) believe this theory is false. 7 of these 11 students (students E, G, H, I, K, L, M) stated that having police present will not affect whether a student is arrested or not. Student F stated that your future is up to you and if you get in prison then it is your fault, not the SROs. Student G also indicated that if a student does something big enough to go to prison, they will end up with the same consequence regardless. Student M stated that the police are here to help and if they weren’t students would get out of hand. Generally speaking, 11 of the 13 students interviewed do not view the SROs as someone who is only there to punish. This devalues the School to Prison Pipeline theory as a majority of these students have been involved in some type of criminal activity, but place the blame in the students actions not the presence of the SROs in