“Relationship-building” and the Normalization of Police in Schools: The Emergence of School Resource Officer Programs in Canada

The earliest School Resource Officer Programs in Canada date back to the 1970s. This study examines how police officers, teachers, school administrators, students, and journalists use a discourse of relationship-building between police and youth to frame School Resource Officers (SROs): who they are...

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Published in:Critical education 2024-08, Vol.15 (3), p.21-42
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