Prelude to Prison : Student Perspectives on School Suspension / Marsha Weissman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weissman, Marsha, author.

Series:

Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution.

Syracuse Studies on Peace and Conflict Resolution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School discipline.

Problem children--Education.

Problem children--Behavior modification.

Minorities--Education.

Student suspension.

Student suspension--United States.

Minorities--Education--United States.

Minorities.

Problem children--Behavior modification--United States.

Problem children.

Problem children--Education--United States.

School discipline--United States.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 301 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction: learning from Jayda

Chapter 2. The American gulag: entwining schools into the carceral state

Chapter 3. Alternative schools and zero tolerance: from liberation learning to social control

Chapter 4. Engagement in the question: reflections on setting and method

Chapter 5. Backstories: the lives of marginalized kids

Chapter 6. "Bad decisions": the suspension incidents

Chapter 7. "They never want to listen to us": the process of being suspended

Chapter 8. "It's so non-regular": going to alternative school

Chapter 9. "We have a Mike Tyson here": labels, rejection, and stigma

Chapter 10. "At least somebody wanted to see me do good": what kids think makes a difference

Chapter 11. Schools, social reproduction, and the making of prisoners: theory and literature

Chapter 12. Conclusion: "we all activists now".

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-285) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815652984

0815652984

OCLC:

902505668