... and law enforcement. The student was charged with a second-degree felony and expelled from school.    In an article similarly discussing the improper implementation of zero tolerance policies, Decker (2005) tells the story of a third-grade boy from Green Bay, Wisconsin. The young boy was suspended for wearing a small key chain that contained a one-inch plastic replica of ... the Zero-Tolerance philosophy is the assumption that harsh punishments for violence successfully deter students from behaving in a violent or disruptive manner. The concept of deterrence maintains two major assumpt...

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... out, one has to work his or her hardest in order to succeed and if they don't do try their best to succeed and they are caught cheating, there are major consequences that could hurt and hunt them for the rest of their life; grade penalties like a permanent F on their records, suspension or expulsion from the Universities, creation of a disciplinary record ... ...

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