Mykala Mcgill and Rachel Kosaka
To date, no study has examined public perceptions of the four dominant types of school security measures--physical, interactionist, legalistic, and preparedness--documented in the scholarly literature. This study aims to fill this literary gap by assessing Pennsylvania residents’ (N=522) perceptions of school security measures and their racial and regional variants. The findings suggest that a majority of the public favor all types of mechanisms, but showed the most support for preparedness mechanisms.