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- Title
Saved By the Bell: Reclaiming Home Court Advantage for At‐Risk Youth Funneled into the School‐to‐Prison Pipeline.
- Authors
Spence, Rainét N.
- Abstract
Far too often, minority students are faced with punitive disciplinary actions and are consequently directed to the "school‐to‐prison" pipeline. From education to discipline, implementation of policies that criminalize minor delinquent behavior pushes these students out of school and into the juvenile justice system. Traditional disciplinary actions that would land students in the principal's office have gradually transformed to students being handcuffed and thrown in jail. This Note proposes a model statute requiring states with a high criminal delinquency rate to implement school‐based youth courts in public high schools. Key Points for the Family Court Community: There are approximately 3.45 million students who are subjected to out‐of‐school suspensions.Students who continuously face suspension and expulsion are more likely to land behind bars.The school‐to‐prison pipeline disproportionately affects minorities and disabled students.School‐based youth courts mirror the structure of traditional juvenile courts but yield higher success rates in decreasing recidivism.Youth offenders are more likely to participate in school‐based youth courts because their peers exert positive influence.
- Subjects
AT-risk youth; DELINQUENT behavior; JUVENILE justice administration; STIGMATIZATION; ZERO-tolerance school policies
- Publication
Family Court Review, 2020, Vol 58, Issue 1, p227
- ISSN
1531-2445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/fcre.12464