Perspective
Jun. 29, 2011
A Step Toward Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline
The U.S. Supreme Court decision providing Miranda rights to children will hopefully divert referrals of minor offenses to the delinquency system. By Julie Waterstone of Southwestern Law School.
The past 20 years have seen a dramatic shift in our schools towards a zero discipline policy. With the goal of making schools safer, police have a greater presence on school campuses. One direct result of this has been the creation of a school to prison pipeline, where children get directed out of the schools and into the delinquency system for what not too long ago would have been considered minor offenses. On June 16, in JDB v. North Caro...
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