We examined whether effects of an increase in school resource officer (SRO) staffing on school crime and exclusionary disciplinary responses to school crime varied by student race and ethnicity. Using monthly school level administrative data, we compared change in outcomes for 33 schools that enhanced SRO staffing and a matched sample of 72 schools that did not increase SRO staffing at the same time. We found that increases in offenses and exclusionary reactions due to increased SRO presence were most evident for Black and Hispanic as opposed to White students. Educational decision-makers should carefully weigh the benefits of placing SROs in schools against the knowledge that this practice differentially increases recorded school crime and exclusion from school for students of color.

我们研究了学校资源官员（SRO）人员增加对学校犯罪和对学校犯罪的排他性纪律对策的影响是否因学生种族和种族而异。使用每月的学校行政数据，我们比较了33所增加了SRO人员编制的学校和72所学校没有同时增加SRO人员编制的结果。我们发现，黑人和西班牙裔学生与白人学生相比，由于SRO人数增加而导致的犯罪和排斥反应的增加最为明显。教育决策者应谨慎权衡将SRO放到学校中的好处，但要知道，这种做法有区别地增加了有记录的学校犯罪和有色人种被学校排斥在外的情况。