Exclusionary School Discipline and Neighborhood Crime

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2423932
AutoresJulie Gerlinger (0000-0003-4458-6288, University of Oklahoma, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen6
Fecha de publicación2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSocius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2378-0231 • E-ISSN: 2378-0231
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/2378023120925404
OpenAlexW3032813110
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas51

The author investigates the impact of law-and-order schools, defined as those that rely heavily on exclusionary discipline (i.e., suspension and expulsion) as a form of punishment, on neighborhood crime. Additional analyses are performed to assess whether the effects of punitive school discipline on local crime are moderated by neighborhood disadvantage. Findings suggest that suspensions are associated with increases in local crime-evidence of a macro-level school-to-prison pipeline-while expulsions are generally associated with fewer crime incidents. Although disciplinary exclusions appear to increase crime at fairly consistent rates across levels of neighborhood disadvantage, both exclusion types are associated with more aggravated assault in areas with higher levels of disadvantage. As such, institutional processes of the school appear to help explain variations in community crime

Criminology · Deterrence (psychology · Disadvantage · Discipline · Political science · Prison · Punishment (psychology · Punitive damages · School Discipline · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Education Discipline and Inequality · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology