The prison school : educational inequality and school discipline in the age of mass incarceration /...
The prison school : educational inequality and school discipline in the age of mass incarceration /...
The prison school : educational inequality and school discipline in the age of mass incarceration / Lizbet Simmons.
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Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
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G 2017/5941
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 206 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Public schools in a punitive era -- The at-risk youth industry -- Under-educated and over-criminalized in New Orleans -- The prison school.
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Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
"Police officers and metal detectors have become fixtures in American public schools. In this tough-on-crime, security-oriented era, the new gold standard for school discipline has become the criminal justice system. While harsh school punishment has reshaped schools and communities across the socioeconomic divide, nowhere is the overlap between cl...
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The prison school : educational inequality and school discipline in the age of mass incarceration / Lizbet Simmons.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online version: Simmons, Lizbet, 1971- author. Prison school Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017] 9780520293144 (DLC) 2016027482
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©2017
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G 2017/5941
Record Identifier
74VKVgy7WG83
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgy7WG83
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ISBN
0520281462 paperback alkaline paper
9780520281455 hardcover alkaline paper
0520281454 hardcover alkaline paper
9780520281462 paperback alkaline paper
DDC
365.66608350976335
MMS ID
991024148685002626
