Homeroom Security: School Discipline in an Age of Fear Contributor(s): Kupchik, Aaron (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814748201 ISBN-13: 9780814748206 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - School Safety - Education | Administration - General |
Dewey: 371.5 |
LCCN: 2009053728 |
Series: Youth, Crime, and Justice |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.32" W x 9.18" (1.16 lbs) 274 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Police officers, armed security guards, surveillance cameras, and metal detectors are common features of the disturbing new landscape at many of today's high schools. You will also find new and harsher disciplinary practices: zero-tolerance policies, random searches with drug-sniffing dogs, and mandatory suspensions, expulsions, and arrests, despite the fact that school crime and violence have been decreasing nationally for the past two decades. While most educators, students, and parents accept these harsh policing and punishment strategies based on the assumption that they keep children safe, Aaron Kupchik argues that we need to think more carefully about how we protect and punish students. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kupchik, Aaron: - Aaron Kupchik is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. He is the author of Judging Juveniles: Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts (NYU Press), winner of the 2007 American Society of Ciminology Michael J. Hindelang Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in Criminology. |