Prelude to Prison : student perspectives on school suspension /

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Author / Creator:	Weissman, Marsha, author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution.
Subject:	School discipline -- United States. Problem children -- Education -- United States. Problem children -- Behavior modification -- United States. Minorities -- Education -- United States. Student suspension -- United States. Minorities -- Education. Problem children -- Behavior modification. Problem children -- Education. School discipline. Student suspension. United States. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11906934

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Varying Form of Title:	Student perspectives on school suspension
ISBN:	9780815652984 0815652984 0815633769 9780815633761 0815633769 9780815633761
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-285) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	By the close of the twentieth century, the United States became known for its reliance on incarceration as the chief means of social control, particularly in poor communities of color. The carceral state has been extended into the public school system in these communities in what has become known as the "school-to-prison pipeline." Through interviews with young people suspended from school, Weissman examines the impact of zero tolerance and other harsh disciplinary approaches that have transformed schools into penal-like institutions. In their own words, students describe their lives, the challenges they face, and their efforts to overcome those challenges. Unlike other studies, this book illuminates the students perspectives on what happens when the educational system excludes them from regular school. Weissman draws attention to research findings that suggest punitive disciplinary policies and practices resemble criminal justice strategies of arrest, trial, sentence, and imprisonment. She demonstrates how harsh school discipline prepares young people from poor communities of color for their place in the carceral state. An invaluable resource for policy makers, Prelude to Prison presents recommendations for policy, practice, and political change that have the potential to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline.
Other form:	Print version: Weissman, Marsha. Prelude to prison. First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015 0815633769
Standard no.:	9780815633761

Table of Contents:

Introduction : learning from Jayda
The American gulag : entwining schools into the carceral state
Alternative schools and zero tolerance : from liberation learning to social control
Engagement in the question : reflections on setting and method
Backstories : the lives of marginalized kids
"Bad decisions" : the suspension incidents
"They never want to listen to us" : the process of being suspended
"It's so non-regular" : going to alternative school
"We have a Mike Tyson here" : labels, rejection, and stimga
"At least somebody wanted to see me do good" : what kids think makes a difference
Schools, social reproduction, and the making of prisoners : theory and literature
Conclusion : we are all activists now.

Prelude to Prison : student perspectives on school suspension /

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