... 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 a small fraction of incidents reported by schools, finding no statistical significance to support the idea that violence was and more prevalent than in previous years (Costenbader & Markson, 1998). ... achievement. The American Psychological Association released a report conducted by a special zero-tolerance task force, evaluating the disciplinary model in schools. One of the questions the report sought to ...

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