... involving the poor application of zero tolerance policies on behalf of school staff and police. In 1998 a case in Colorado involving a ten-year-old student named Shanon Borchardt Coslett stirred debate and has since been frequently cited as an example of the improper implementation of zero-tolerance policies. Shanon, a well-behaved honor roll student in the fourth grade, brought her mother ... tolerance policies developmentally appropriate as a psychological intervention, taking into account the developmental level of children and youth?" (Skiba et al, 2006). They conducted a meta-analy...

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