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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Uchida, Craig D.; Solomon, Shellie; Katz, Charles M.; Pappas, Cynthia E. – US Department of Justice, 2006
The Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office funded the School-Based Partnerships (SBP) grant program for the purpose of partnering law enforcement agencies with schools to address crime and disorder problems in and around middle and high schools. In Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, the COPS Office awarded 275 law enforcement agencies more…
Descriptors: Grants, Problem Solving, Crime Prevention, Law Enforcement
Finn, Peter; McDevitt, Jack; Lassiter, William; Shively, Michael; Rich, Tom – US Department of Justice, 2005
There has been a growing interest in placing sworn law enforcement officers in schools as School Resource Officers (SROs) as a means of improving school safety and improving relations between police officers and youth. However, when this project began in May 2000, relatively little was known about SRO programs. The purpose of the National…
Descriptors: School Safety, Law Enforcement, Case Studies, Police
Finn, Peter; Shively, Michael; McDevitt, Jack; Lassiter, William; Rich, Tom – US Department of Justice, 2005
There has been growing interest in placing sworn law enforcement officers in schools as School Resource Officers (SROs) to improve school safety and improve relations between police officers and youth. The purpose of this National Assessment was to identify what program "models" have been implemented, how programs have been implemented, and what…
Descriptors: Police, Police School Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Recruitment
Lovell, Rick; Pope, Carl E.; Canevit, Scott – US Department of Justice, 2005
The purpose of this project was to document and assess efforts initiated by the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) to enhance integration of law enforcement into school safety. The MPS Division of Security and Safety led a two year pilot initiative (September, 2001 through August, 2003) to increase communication and collaboration across a number of…
Descriptors: Police, Law Enforcement, School Safety, Program Descriptions
Finn, Peter; McDevitt, Jack – US Department of Justice, 2005
There has been a growing interest in placing sworn police officers in schools as SROs to improve school safety. The purpose of the National Assessment was to identify what program "models" have been implemented, how programs have been implemented, and what the programs' possible effects may be. To obtain this information, Abt Associates conducted…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Police, School Safety, Site Selection
McDevitt, Jack; Panniello, Jenn – US Department of Justice, 2005
In this report, School Resource Officer (SRO) programs in four school districts are examined. The study was primarily concerned with what variables affect students' comfort level in reporting crimes to the SRO, and their perceptions of safety. The analysis was driven by data obtained through surveys of 907 students. Using these data, seven…
Descriptors: School Safety, Student Attitudes, Law Enforcement, Police School Relationship