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Prelude to Prison : student perspectives on school suspension /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weissman, Marsha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Syracuse studies on peace and conflict resolution.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : learning from Jayda
  • The American gulag : entwining schools into the carceral state
  • Alternative schools and zero tolerance : from liberation learning to social control
  • Engagement in the question : reflections on setting and method
  • Backstories : the lives of marginalized kids
  • "Bad decisions" : the suspension incidents
  • "They never want to listen to us" : the process of being suspended
  • "It's so non-regular" : going to alternative school
  • "We have a Mike Tyson here" : labels, rejection, and stimga
  • "At least somebody wanted to see me do good" : what kids think makes a difference
  • Schools, social reproduction, and the making of prisoners : theory and literature
  • Conclusion : we are all activists now.