As calls to defund police departments in the United States continue to spread in the wake of George Floyd's death, an offshoot message has gained traction as well: remove officers from schools.
Advocates say the effort is aimed at changing the role of law enforcement in communities in America following countless deaths of African Americans in police custody.police departments in the United States continue to spread in the wake of George Floyd's death, an offshoot message has gained traction as well: remove officers from schools.
Yet crime among juveniles has steadily decreased from 2008 to 2018, the most recent data on juvenile arrests, according to the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.In 2008, the arrests of juveniles anywhere in the U.S. totaled nearly 2 million. As of 2018, there were an estimated 728,280 arrests.
Some disciplines -- which in most cases disproportionately affect black, brown and disabled students -- have increased, according to the most recent data. There were also tremendous regional disparities in arrests. In 2015-'16, Texas, a state of 28 million, arrested 4,400 Hispanic and 2,008 black students, compared to 918 white students, according to the data. New York, a state of 19 million, by contrast, arrested 73 Hispanic students, 214 black students and 311 white students, the data showed.
Gottfredson called expulsions and suspensions"one of the mechanisms through which police and 'zero-tolerance policies' push kids out of schools and into more a criminal lifestyle."
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