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Educational Leadership

The University of Southern Mississippi

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Teacher Perception Of School Safety Between Mississippi Secondary Schools With School Resource Officers And School Safety Officers, David Audet Dit Lapointe May 2016

Teacher Perception Of School Safety Between Mississippi Secondary Schools With School Resource Officers And School Safety Officers, David Audet Dit Lapointe

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The purpose of the study was to determine if there was a significant difference in the perception of school safety by teachers between secondary schools that employ School Resource Officers (SROs), who are armed, and School Safety Officers (SSOs), who are unarmed or a combination of SROs and SSOs. The School Resource Officers and School Climate Teacher Survey, created by Dr. Amy Oaks (2001) was utilized to gather data. The 193 participants of the study included certified teachers at secondary schools in the Jackson Public School District, the Jackson County Public School District, and the Ocean Springs School District.

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