Exploring the Impact of School Discipline on Racial Disproportion in the Juvenile Justice System

• Published in: Social science quarterly Vol. 90; no. 4; pp. 1003 - 1018
• Main Authors: Nicholson-Crotty, Sean, Birchmeier, Zachary, Valentine, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.12.2009; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Wiley; Southwestern Social Science Association; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Series: Social Science Quarterly
• Subjects: African Americans; Black youth; Civil rights; Criminal justice; Criminal sociology. Police. Delinquency. Deviance. Suicide; Discipline; Education systems; Empirical research; Equality; Jurisdiction; Juvenile courts; Juvenile delinquency; Juvenile Justice; Juvenile Offenders; Minority group students; Missouri; OF GENERAL INTEREST; Pipelines; Racial differentiation; Racial discrimination; School discipline; School Environment; School suspension; Sociology; Sociology of law and criminology; Sociology of the family. Age groups; Student Teacher Relationship; Teachers; U.S.A; Youth problems; United States Of America; Juvenile Delinquency; School; Afro-American; Poverty; Penal system; Juvenile Court; Youth; Discipline

It is widely recognized that African-American youth are significantly overrepresented in many juvenile justice systems relative to their population percentages. Research has also determined that similar disproportion exists in school discipline and speculated about a "school-to-prison pipeline&...