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At zero tolerance : punishment, prevention, and school violence / Ronnie Casella.
Van Pelt Library LB3013.3 .C39 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Casella, Ronnie, 1963-
- Series:
- Adolescent cultures, school & society ; vol. 17.
- Adolescent cultures, school & society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School violence--United States--Prevention.
- School violence.
- Government policy.
- Social aspects.
- United States.
- School violence--Social aspects--United States.
- School violence--Government policy--United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 232 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2001]
- Contents:
- The Research Story 10
- 1. The Kid Crackdown 17
- Getting Tough 20
- School Violence Prevention 24
- "Gun Control Means Using Both Your Hands" 28
- The Violence of "School Violence" 30
- Working Toward Solutions 35
- 2. From Child-Saving to Zero Tolerance 39
- Foundations of Zero Tolerance 44
- Nineteenth-Century Roots 45
- Twentieth-Century Roots 51
- From Zero Tolerance to Understanding 57
- Violence and Urbanity 62
- From Theory to Prevention 66
- 3. City Living and Dying 69
- A View from Nowhere 77
- Educating for Economic Stability 80
- A Note on School Bathrooms 90
- 4. The Prison Model of Schooling 93
- Being Self-Contained 98
- De-Tracking Schools 103
- Restructuring for Equity 110
- 5. Being Disrespected 115
- A Policy of Interaction and Trust 121
- Public Displays of Power 128
- Gender and Violence 133
- 6. Gun Manufacturing, Popular Culture, and Militarism 141
- The "Influence" Argument 144
- Gun Making 150
- Popular Culture 155
- Military Might 161
- A Note on School Policing 167
- 7. Where the Kids Are 169
- Where We Go from Here 172
- Undoing Zero Tolerance 178.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-228) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0820449962
- OCLC:
- 43245525
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