After tragedies like the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting in Newtown Connecticut, it’s not uncommon for an increase in police presence in U.S. schools.
But the increase is also increasing the number of arrests in our student population according to Aaron Kupchik, Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware and author of several books on the subject, including; "Homeroom Security: School Discipline in an Age of Fear (Youth, Crime, and Justice)".
According to Kupchik some schools have an increase in violence, but overall there has been a decrease in...
