Kid Cops: What Communities Gain and Lose from Junior Police in Schools

An on-the-ground study of junior police academies—contentious school-police partnerships that provide educational resources, career opportunities, and hope for social mobility.

Some might see police officers as benevolent sources of protection, but in many communities, they are often perceived as a threat due to a legacy of violent interactions and arrests for arbitrary offenses. How, then, do police sustain their presence in places where people might distrust them? In Kid Cops, sociologis...