... education and rehabilitation rather than punitive punishment and adjudication. In an analysis of school disciplinary practice aimed at providing recommendations to improve school environment, Raffaele-Mendez (2003) looked at a representative sample of schools with zero-tolerance policies and the suspension and expulsion data within those schools. The researchers explored the intended impact of the policies, in addition to the prominent, unintended ... 'side-effects' of them. The authors debunk the theory that harsh disciplinary practices are effective forms of deterrence while unde...

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