1st Edition

Racial/Ethnic Equity and School Safety

Edited By Anthony A. Peguero, Patricia Campie, Maury Nation Copyright 2025
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages
by Routledge

This book highlights the intimate connection between racial/ethnic equity and school and community safety, the consequences of current inequities, and establishes the way forward in terms of future research, policy, and practice. School safety has taken on increased urgency as the United States’ educational systems, families, and students grapple with the residual effects of a public health... Read more

Introduction to Racial/Ethnic Equity and School Safety
Anthony Peguero, Patricia Campie and Maury Nation

 

1. The Role of Social Emotional Competencies in Student Discipline and Discipline Disparities

Krista M. Davis, Maury Nation, Caroline Christopher and Benjamin W. Fisher

2. Connections Between the Racial/Ethnic Make-Up of the Student Body and School Safety Personnel Use

Andrea N. Montes, Sarah Lindstrom Johnson, Angelica Lopez, Brooke Johnson, Alexis Klemm, Kay S. Varela and Anthony Peguero

 

3. Feelings of Safety and Belonging in High School for Asian American Students
Hannah Tessler, Meera Choi and Grace Kao

 

4. Violence and Erasure: The Conspicuous Absence of Native Children in Research on School Discipline Disparities
Addie C. Rolnick

 

5. ‘Ain’t nobody about to trap me’: The Violence of Multi-System Collusion and Entrapment for Incarcerated Disabled Girls of Color
Brianna Harvey, Brian Cabral, Subini Annamma, and Jamelia Morgan

 

6. Did it get better? The Realities of Queer and Trans Youth of Color in K-12 Schools
Kevin L. Nadal, Wiston Rodriguez, Emerson Tejeda, D’Andrah Almanzar, D. Regina Sissoko, and Sheharyar Hussein

 

7. Are Schools Stricter at the Border? Investigating the Relationships between School Strictness, Juvenile Justice, and the Border
Kay S. Varela, Janice Iwama, Miner P. Marchbanks III, Krystlelynn Caraballo, Anthony A. Peguero, Jamilia Blake, John M. Eason, and Jun Sung Hong

 

8. Creating a Process for Equitable Action to Prevent School and Community Violence
Patricia Campie, Anthony Peguero, Jonathan Scaccia, Allyson Pakstis and Brittany Cook

 

9. Commentary About Racial/Ethnic Equity and School Safety
Nadine P. Frederique

 

 

 

Biography

Anthony A. Peguero is Foundation Professor in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics and the School of Criminology and Sociology at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States.

Patricia Campie is Principal Researcher at American Institutes for Research, Arlington, VA, United States.

Maury Nation is the Robert Innes Chair, and Professor of Human and Organizational Development in the Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.