09 Nov Campus Safety and Privacy
write a 3- to 4-page paper that answers the question: What is the greatest threat to student safety on campus? Include a discussion of the Fourth Amendment and its implications related to student and campus safety in education. Your paper should reference a minimum of three scholarly sources to support your stance. (PK-12: please respond to the prompt in the context of PK-12 schools.
Required Reading
Kyle, M., Schafer, J., Burruss, G., Giblin, M. (2017). Perceptions of Campus Safety Policies: Contrasting the Views of Students with Faculty and Staff. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 42, 2, 644-663, DOI:10.1007/s12103-016-9379-x
Scungio, B., & Cote, S. (2018). Four on Fourth: Four cases that impact the Fourth Amendment (search & seizure) in schools. BRCSM.
Tanner-Smith, E., Fisher, B. W., Addington, L. A., & Gardella, J. H. (2018). Adding security, but subtracting safety? Exploring schools’ use of multiple visible security measures. American Journal of Criminal Justice: AJCJ, 43(1), 102-115. Available in the Trident Online Library.
Relevant Supreme Court Cases:
New Jersey v. T.L.O., 469 U.S. 325 (1985). Retrieved from
Safford Unified School District #1 v. Redding, 557 U.S. 364 (2009). Retrieved from
Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California, 17 Cal.3d 425 (1976). Retrieved from
Optional Reading
Helpful Website to Locate Articles about School Safety:
School Safety Law Blog. (2021). News and information for school safety.
