... schools with crime and other measures while controlling for environmental and demographic factors. After collecting extensive data from 1,234 public schools in the United States, the analysis showed that the focus on adolescent violence was not as well founded as people thought. Relative to all issues of school discipline, violent infractions made up for just ... -percent. In an issue brief published by the Center on Youth Justice (2009), the historical aspects of zero-tolerance policies and the influence of the crime wave in the 1980's on school discipline is outlined. The authors discu...

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