Analysis Of Why Are Police Disciplining Students?

In the article, “Why are Police Disciplining Students?” (The Atlantic, October 29, 2015) written by Seth Stoutan and Josh Gupta-Kagan, argue that police should only handle matters that pose a real threat to the school and the surrounding community. They should leave the responsibility to the parents and teachers to deal with the students in non-threatening situations. The authors support this main idea by using real-life examples to prove this so the audience has evidence to believe that police should not have a say in school matters. Following the incident that happened at Spring Valley High School in South Carolina, Stoutan and Gupta-Kagan revisit the question: is there really a need for police officers in schools? Even though in this specific case, where by law what the student did was breaking the law, these cases should be dealt with by the administrators of the school first before it becomes a federal …show more content…
Unfortunately, schools around the country are inappropriately calling the police to treat behaviour problems as crimes” (Stoutan & Gupta-Kagan, 2015). This is an example of using inductive reasoning to provide strong evidence and giving logical conclusions based on the evidence. This supports the main argument because it shows that this police in school issue are not just specific to one community, but it is happening in various parts of the United States. Also, their tactics need to have various elements in order to be effective, they cannot just have the short-term solution and expect it to have a long-term