SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TRUST AND POLICE PRESENCE IN SCHOOLS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL SAFETY POLICY
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TRUST AND POLICE PRESENCE IN SCHOOLS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL SAFETY POLICY
Author(s): Bojan D. Janković, Vladimir M. Cvetković, Zvonimir M. Ivanović, Aleksandar Ivanov, Svetlana Jovanović, Božidar B. OtaševićSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Education, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Civil Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Civil Society, Governance, Public Administration, Public Law, Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Developing nations, Political behavior, Political psychology, Politics and law, Politics and society, Methodology and research technology, Comparative politics, School education, Vocational Education, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Inclusive Education / Inclusion, Sociology of Education, Philosophy of Law, EU-Legislation, Court case, Comparative Law, Administrative Law, Pedagogy
Published by: Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola
Keywords: School; Security; Police Officer; Trust; Perception; Sustainable Development; Serbia
Summary/Abstract: The study aims to determine the trust and presence of police officers in schools in Serbia, as well as the perception of the principals and secretaries, teachers and staff, parents, and students on how successful the specific police units dedicated to schools were in fulfilling their tasks. The ex-post analysis was conducted through PEST/SWAT analysis, mapping the key actors and using batteries of online questionnaires, besides interviews with the MOI representatives, surveyed with personal interviewing, computer-aided surveying, desk analysis, and content analysis. The survey was conducted from September 2021 to June 2022. The research methods were implemented in 1140 schools in Serbia, and 8,617 people were included in surveys: police officers (308); principals and secretaries (1085); the team for protection against discrimination (982); teachers and staff (2988); parents (938) and students (2316). The relationships between the covariates and perception were investigated using the t-test, one-way ANOVA, multivariate linear regression, and binary regression. The results showed that a project of school police officers was not fully recognized as one of the strategically essential instruments for safe schools; trust is low, but presence is high. Besides that, the results suggest that the entire public believes that police are needed in schools and that it positively affects school safety. Regarding school safety policy, it is necessary to undertake three measures for the sustainable development of trust and the presence of police in school: regulatory, informative-educational, and institutional-organizational.
Journal: Journal of Liberty and International Affairs
- Issue Year: 9/2023
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 22-52
- Page Count: 31
- Language: English
