‘Bridging the gap’: school resource officers as bridge builders in the community policing era
‘Bridging the gap’: school resource officers as bridge builders in the community policing era
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“弥合差距”：学校资源官员作为社区警务时代的桥梁建设者
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2020
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Benjamin W. Fisher
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E. M. Higgins;Suzanne Overstreet;B. Coffey;Benjamin W. Fisher
摘要自20世纪50年代开始，学校资源官员（SRO）在美国的学校中越来越普遍。反过来，研究人员已经开发了一个相当大的基础上的实证工作，自我监督组织的角色，以及这些角色如何激励公立学校的行动。这一经验性工作的很大一部分集中在传统执法职责之外的角色，例如官员担任导师，顾问和教育工作者。然而，这一系列的研究还没有调查为什么自律组织从事非执法角色的动机。本研究的目的是从26个与SRO的访谈，探讨在公立学校从事非执法角色和活动的动机。调查结果表明，SRO确定非执法的总体动机为“弥合差距”，他们寻找有风险的学生，并将他们连接到学校和社区的必要资源。我们发现，SRO从事建设四种类型的桥梁。调查结果还表明，自律组织从面向社区的警务框架来解释这一动机。
ABSTRACT Since their origination in the 1950s, school resource officers (SROs) have become increasingly commonplace in schools throughout the United States. In turn, researchers have developed a considerable base of empirical work on SRO roles and how these roles motivate action in public schools. A large part of this empirical work has focused on roles that fall outside conventional law enforcement duties such as when officers act as mentors, counselors, and educators. However, this line of research has not yet investigated the motivations for why SROs engage in non-law enforcement roles. The purpose of the current study is to draw from 26 interviews with SROs to explore the motivations for engaging in non-law enforcement roles and activities in public schools. Findings illustrate that SROs identify the overarching motivation of non-law enforcement as ‘bridging the gap,’ where they seek out at-risk students and connect them to necessary resources in the school and community. We find that SROs engage in building four types of bridges. The findings also suggest that SROs draw from a community-oriented policing framework to explain this motivation.