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Title: Police–school partnerships and the war on black youth
Authors: Nijjar, JS
Keywords: Black youth;education;gangs;police–school partnerships;surveillance
Issue Date: 5-Nov-2020
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Citation: Nijjar, J.S. (2020) 'Police–school partnerships and the war on black youth', Critical Social Policy, 41 (3), pp. 491 - 501. doi: 10.1177/0261018320964655.
Abstract: This article discusses the growing presence of police officers in British schools, under a resurgent police–school partnerships policy agenda in the ‘war on gangs’ and serious youth violence. It argues that while efforts to coordinate law enforcement and education implicate schools in general, evidence on race and policing raises concerns about the disproportionate impact of such strategies on black students. Police–school partnerships enhance existing and escalating forms of multi-agency police surveillance and profiling, while also giving officers a greater role in everyday schooling matters. Thus, grassroots anti-racist movements face a developing and dynamic challenge to resist not only the militarised policing of black youth, but also the corresponding weaponization of schools and the wider welfare state.
URI: https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/30026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018320964655
ISSN: 0261-0183
Appears in Collections:Dept of Social and Political Sciences Research Papers

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