To arrest or to serve: school resource officers’ perceptions of zero-tolerance and the school-to-prison pipeline
To arrest or to serve: school resource officers’ perceptions of zero-tolerance and the school-to-prison pipeline
Michael D. BushKimberly D. Dodsona Department of Political Science, Criminal Justice, & Organizational Leadership, Northern Kentucky, University Nunn Drive, Highland Heights, KY, USAb Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, University of Houston-Clear Lake 2700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX, USAMichael D. Bush is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Northern Kentucky University (NKU). University. His research interests include delinquency and juvenile justice, bullying, ethics, peacemaking, pedagogy, and issues related to media, crime, and justice. He serves on the editorial board for The Prison Journal and his work is published in the Journal of Criminal Justice Education and The Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Criminology, among other places.Kimberly D. Dodson is a Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL). Her research interests include correctional program evaluation and justice-involved individuals with special needs. Her work is published in The Prison Journal and the Annals of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. She served as a criminal investigator for the Greene County Sheriff’s Department in Greeneville, Tennessee. She worked cases primarily involving the sexual abuse and exploitation of juveniles.