Social Control in Schools: The Relationships between School Security Measures and Informal Social Control Mechanisms

Autor/inn/en	Fisher, Benjamin W.; Gardella, Joseph H.; Tanner-Smith, Emily E.
Titel	Social Control in Schools: The Relationships between School Security Measures and Informal Social Control Mechanisms
Quelle	In: Journal of School Violence, 18 (2019) 3, S.347-361 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
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Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1538-8220
DOI	10.1080/15388220.2018.1503964
Schlagwörter	Social Control; Correlation; School Security; Teacher Student Relationship; Behavior Problems; Student Attitudes; Secondary School Students; National Surveys; Student Surveys; Crime; School Safety; School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCES) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Kontrolle; Korrelation; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Schülerverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Schülerbefragung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt
Abstract	Social control and procedural justice theories indicate that informal social control reduces problem behaviors. However, many schools have implemented formal control mechanisms such as school security measures. This study examines the association between school security measures (security personnel, metal detectors, and surveillance cameras) and students' perceptions of informal social control (relationships with teachers, other school adults, and the fairness and consistency of school rules). We used structural equation modeling to examine these relationships in a nationally representative sample of 6,547 secondary students surveyed as part of the School Crime Supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey (M age = 14.94; 51% male, 60% White non-Hispanic, 14% Black non-Hispanic, 20% Hispanic). The results indicated that the presence of security personnel in schools was associated with poorer student relationships with teachers. Findings for the other school security measures were nonsignificant or inconsistent across models. Implications for theory and practice are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2022/4/11