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
(Un)Doing Hegemony in Education: Disrupting School-to-Prison Pipelines for Black Males
Dancy II, E. (2014). (Un)Doing Hegemony in Education: Disrupting School-to-Prison Pipelines for Black Males. Equity & Excellence in Education, 47(4), 476-493. The school-to-prison pipeline refers to the disturbing national trend in which children are funneled out of public schools and into juvenile and criminal justice systems. The purpose of this… Continue Reading (Un)Doing Hegemony in Education: Disrupting School-to-Prison Pipelines for Black Males