Assignment:
Topic:
How students are influenced by policing on college campus.
Research question:
How does police presence on campus make students feel?
Hypothesis/Hypotheses:
Increase of police presence increases stress amongst students around the college campus.
Increase of police presence decreases the violence amongst students around the college campus.
Research Plan
a. Who will be your participants
i. Radford Campus Police
ii. Radford University Students
b. How you will collect data from them
i. Surveying
ii. Interviewing Officers within the campus police dept. and city police dept
c. What kind of data will you collect from them
i. On average how often is police interaction creating stress
ii. Does police presence encourage violence
iii. Feelings about police presence on/ around campus
d. Identify the independent and dependent variables in your study
i. Independent Variable: Police presence
ii. Dependent Variables: Stress levels & violence
References
Arrigo, B., & Acheson, A. (2015). Concealed carry bans and the American college campus: a law, social sciences, and policy perspective. Contemporary Justice Review, 19(1), 120-141.
Bracy, N. (2010). Student Perceptions of High-Security School Environments. Youth & Society, 43(1), 365-395.
Charles , W., & Shirley, W. (2011). Perceived Roles of Campus Law Enforcement: A Cognitive Review of Attitudes and Beliefs of Campus Constituents. Professional Issues in Criminal Justice, 6(1&2).
Jackson, Arrick. (2002). Police-School Resource Officers' and Students' Perception of the Police and Offending. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management.
Jason Nance, (2016). Rethinking Law Enforcement Officers in Schools, 84 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. Arguendo 151.