Welch, K., & Payne, A. A. (2010). Racial threat and punitive school discipline. Social Problems, 57(1), 25-48. Tests of the racial threat hypothesis, linking the racial composition of place to various measures of social control, find that where there are greater percentages of blacks, more punitive criminal justice policies are… Continue Reading Racial Threat and Punitive School Discipline
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Schools, Prisons, and Social Implications of Punishment: Rethinking Disciplinary Practices
Noguera, P. A. (2003). Schools, prisons, and social implications of punishment: Rethinking disciplinary practices. Theory into Practice, 42(4), 341-350. Throughout the United States, schools most frequently punish the students who have the greatest academic, social, economic, and emotional needs. An examination of which students are most likely to be suspended,… Continue Reading Schools, Prisons, and Social Implications of Punishment: Rethinking Disciplinary Practices
Assessing the Odds: Disproportional Discipline Practices and Implications for Educational Stakeholders
Scott, M. E., Butler, B. R., Lewis, C. W., & Moore, J. L. (2012). Assessing the odds: Disproportional discipline practices and implications for educational stakeholders. The Journal of Negro Education, 81(1), 11-24. One frequently held assumption found within the school discipline literature suggests that students of color- particularly African American,… Continue Reading Assessing the Odds: Disproportional Discipline Practices and Implications for Educational Stakeholders