The race to punish in American schools: class and race predictors of punitive school-crime control

Despite the general agreement that US schools have become increasingly punitive since the 1980s, researchers are uncertain about what types of schools use tough-on-crime measures. Some assert that punitive control is concentrated in poor, predominantly ethnic minority schools. Governing-through-crim...

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Autores principales: Irwin, Katherine 1967- (Autor) ; Davidson, Janet (Autor) ; Hall-Sanchez, Amanda K. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2013
En: Critical criminology
Año: 2013, Volumen: 21, Número: 1, Páginas: 47-71
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Critical Criminologist
Ethnic Minority Student
Harsh Punishment
School Discipline
White Student
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Sumario:Despite the general agreement that US schools have become increasingly punitive since the 1980s, researchers are uncertain about what types of schools use tough-on-crime measures. Some assert that punitive control is concentrated in poor, predominantly ethnic minority schools. Governing-through-crime scholars argue that US schools with mostly middle-class and white students are also punitive, but in less harsh ways using soft surveillance techniques. Relying on data from large, stratified samples of middle and secondary US public schools, we found that high rates of ethnic minority enrollment predicted heavy reliance on law enforcement and security personnel. As rates of student poverty increased, use of soft surveillance techniques as well as reporting students to the police significantly increased. Implications for governing-through-crime, racial control, and reproduction of inequalities theories are discussed.
Notas:Öiteraturverzeichnis: Seite 68-71
ISSN:1572-9877
DOI:10.1007/s10612-012-9171-2