ABSTRACT

In the context of a racialized moral panic around serious youth violence, we have seen a resurgence of calls to increase the presence of police in English schools in recent years. As well as a lack of popular and political opposition, there is a dearth of critical academic consideration of the placement of police in schools, and even less from a Critical Race Theory perspective. Given that teachers’ perspectives are relatively absent from academic and popular debates, this paper draws upon data from semi-structured interviews with 24 secondary school teachers. In doing so, the paper argues that an increased police presence in school will impact negatively upon learning environments, create a culture of low expectations, criminalize young people, and feed a school-to-prison pipeline. Noting that racially minoritized students will be affected most harshly, the article provides empirical evidence to warn against the presence of police in schools.

摘要

在围绕严重青年暴力的种族化道德恐慌的背景下，我们看到近年来要求在英国学校增加警察人数的呼声再次高涨。除了缺乏民众和政治反对派之外，还缺乏对学校警察安置的批判性学术考虑，从批判种族理论的角度来看更是如此。鉴于教师的观点在学术和大众辩论中相对缺乏，本文利用了对 24 名中学教师的半结构化访谈数据。在这样做的过程中，该论文认为，学校警察人数的增加将对学习环境产生负面影响，创造一种低期望的文化，将年轻人定为犯罪，并为从学校到监狱的管道提供支持. 文章指出，少数族裔学生将受到最严重的影响，因此提供了经验证据来警告学校不要出现警察。