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"the number of minor behavior problems that are referred to the police, pushing kids into the criminal system.”
a surge in criminal charges against children for misbehavior that many believe is better handled in the principal’s office.
Yet the most striking impact of school police officers so far, critics say, has been a surge in arrests or misdemeanor charges for essentially nonviolent behavior — including scuffles, truancy and cursing at teachers — that sends children into the criminal courts.
Nationwide, hundreds of thousands of students are arrested or given criminal citations at schools each year. A large share are sent to court for relatively minor offenses, with black and Hispanic students and those with disabilities disproportionately affected
De’Angelo Rollins, who was 12 and had just started at a Bryan middle school in 2010 when he and another boy scuffled and were given citations. After repeated court appearances, De’Angelo pleaded no contest, paid a fine of $69 and was sentenced to 20 hours of community service and four months’ probation. “They said this will stay on his record unless we go back when he is 17 and get it expunged,” said his mother, Marjorie Holmon.
Anyone who has ever been in the system—for any reason—knows how true that statement is. The line is so fine that if one were to practically breathe incorrectly one has "violated" some condition. Especially when children are concerned, the ability to effectively walk this line is very difficult—because they are children. Hence, many will likely stay in the system in some form or fashion.
“Once the kids get involved in the court system, it’s a slippery slope downhill.”
The effectiveness of using police officers in schools to deter crime or the remote threat of armed intruders is unclear. The new N.R.A. report cites the example of a Mississippi assistant principal who in 1997 got a gun from his truck and disarmed a student who had killed two classmates, and another in California in which a school resource officer in 2001 wounded and arrested a student who had opened fire with a shotgun.
“There is no evidence that placing officers in the schools improves safety,” said Denise C. Gottfredson, a criminologist at the University of Maryland who is an expert in school violence.
Some very old writings said something to the effect, "spare the rod spoil the child". The seeds of social disorder were sown many years ago IMO...
When I was in school the 4 foot long paddle with holes drilled in it was a constant reminder that those who insist on being disruptive will receive there just reward.
Originally posted by WaterBottle
reply to post by 727Sky
Some very old writings said something to the effect, "spare the rod spoil the child". The seeds of social disorder were sown many years ago IMO...
Because hitting someone makes them a better person. Great logic.
When I was in school the 4 foot long paddle with holes drilled in it was a constant reminder that those who insist on being disruptive will receive there just reward.
Having a stranger hit your kid is quite weird.
Having a teacher teach your kid violence is even more so.
edit on 13-4-2013 by WaterBottle because: (no reason given)
Pennsylvania judge Mark Ciavarella Jr. was sentenced to 28 years in prison for a scandal in which he sent thousands of children to private prisons in return for a kickback. The judge in the “cash for kids” scandal, Ciavarella Jr., was tried and convicted of racketeering charges. Lawyers for the 61-year-old former judge had asked for a “reasonable” sentence, saying the judge had been punished already through his conviction and fall from grace.