Schools Safer, Discipline Worse (VIDEO)
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Aaron Kupchik discusses his thoughts about school discipline. Kupchik is an associate professor of sociology and criminal justice at the University of Delaware. His book, "Homeroom Security: School Discipline in an Age of Fear," has just been published. In it, Kupchik examines disciplinary practices in schools, practices that include assigned police officers, drug-sniffing dogs, metal detectors, armed security guards, surveillance cameras and zero tolerance policies. He says policies created as a reaction to school violence and shootings, including Columbine and others, are excessive and counterproductive. He suggests schools rethink the way they handle discipline, by removing police from all but the most violent schools and involve students in the rule-making process.
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