Disabling the school-to-prison pipeline : the relationship between special education and arrest / Laura Vernikoff.
Young people who have received special education services in the United States are vastly over-represented in juvenile and adult criminal justice systems relative to their numbers in the general population. Although much existing research blames individual kids for getting arrested, school-level pol...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2021]
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| Series: | Critical issues in disabilities and education.
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | Young people who have received special education services in the United States are vastly over-represented in juvenile and adult criminal justice systems relative to their numbers in the general population. Although much existing research blames individual kids for getting arrested, school-level policies and practices affect a variety of student outcomes, including involvement with the justice system. These school-level policies and practices can—and should—be altered by teachers, administrators, and policy makers to reduce the number of young people getting arrested. Disabling the School-to-Prison Pipeline uses administrative data from New York City public schools and interviews with young people who have received special education services in NYC public schools and been arrested to better understand how schools can help or harm students receiving special education services. Schools cannot fix all problems associated with the criminal justice system in the United States; however, we can certainly expect schools not to make existing problems worse. This book identifies school-level policies and practices that may lead to negative outcomes for students, such as getting arrested, and suggests alternatives. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 147 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1793624186 9781793624185 |