Unruly Students Facing Arrest, Not Detention. Sara Rimer.
by Rimer, Sara; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 7Institutions. Publisher: New York Times, 2004ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Arrest | Juvenile courts | Juvenile detention | Juvenile justice -- Administration of | Public schools | School discipline | Zero toleranceDDC classification: 050 Summary: "In cities and suburbs around the country, schools are increasingly sending students into the juvenile justice system for the sort of adolescent misbehavior that used to be handled by school administrators. In Toledo [Ohio] and many other places, the juvenile detention center has become an extension of the principal's office. School officials say they have little choice." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article relates how the public perception that schools are unsafe has led to the enactment of tough zero-tolerance policies and discusses the consequences for students who commit relatively minor infractions.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
Originally Published: Unruly Students Facing Arrest, Not Detention, Jan. 4, 2004; pp. 1+.
"In cities and suburbs around the country, schools are increasingly sending students into the juvenile justice system for the sort of adolescent misbehavior that used to be handled by school administrators. In Toledo [Ohio] and many other places, the juvenile detention center has become an extension of the principal's office. School officials say they have little choice." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article relates how the public perception that schools are unsafe has led to the enactment of tough zero-tolerance policies and discusses the consequences for students who commit relatively minor infractions.
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