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“Race is not a causal factor for [middle school] disciplinary findings… Reporting racial statistics, in isolation without proper context, is misleading and reinforces a perspective that may… lead to over-policing schools with high numbers of Black… students."

Policing and Middle School: An Evaluation of a Statewide School Resource Officer Policy
Middle Grades Review
Vol. 4 Issue 2,
2018
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