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Latino/a Student Threat and School Disciplinary Policies and Practices

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ID2328441
AuthorsKelly Welch (0000-0003-0828-9470, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA, corresponding author), Allison Ann Payne (0000-0001-9390-3185, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA)
Year2018
Volume91
Issue2
Pages91-110
Publication date2018-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0407 • E-ISSN: 1939-8573
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038040718757720
OpenAlexW2793764691
LanguageEN
Citations received37
References cited47

Using a nationally representative sample of approximately 3,500 public schools, this study builds on and extends our knowledge of how ''minority threat'' manifests within schools. We test whether various disciplinary policies and practices are mobilized in accordance with Latino/a student composition, presumably the result of a group response to perceptions that white racial dominance is jeopardized. We gauge how schools' Latino/a student populations are associated with the availability and use of several specific types of discipline. We further explore possible moderating influences of school crime and economic disadvantage on punishment. We find that schools with larger percentages of Latino/a students are more likely to favor certain punitive responses and less likely to favor certain mild responses, as predicted by minority threat. The percentage of Latino/a students is also related to greater use of certain disciplinary responses in schools with less crime

Corporal punishment · Criminology · Disadvantage · Disadvantaged · Discipline · Dominance (genetics) · Pedagogy · Political science · Punishment (psychology) · Punitive damages · School Discipline · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of Education · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Education Discipline and Inequality · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year4,63
Citation span2018 - 2026 (9)
Citation velocitycurrent
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