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Department of Justice and prepared the following final report:
Document Title:
Comparison of Program Activities and Lessons
Learned among 19 School Resource Officer
(SRO) Programs
Author(s):
Peter Finn, Michael Shively, Jack McDevitt,
William Lassiter, Tom Rich
Document No.:
209272
Date Received:
March 2005
Award Number:
2000-IJ-CX-K002
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Comparison of
Program Activities
and Lessons
Learned among 19
School Resource
Officer (SRO)
Programs
February 28, 2005
Prepared for
Brett Chapman
National Institute of Justice
810 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20531
Prepared by
Peter Finn, Abt Associates
Michael Shively, Abt Associates
Jack McDevitt, Northeastern
University
William Lassiter, Center for the
Prevention of School Violence
Tom Rich, Abt Associates
This document is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not
been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s)
and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary...........................................................................................................1
Chapter 1 Introduction .............................................................................. 7
Background to the Report ....................................................................................................7
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