| Description |
xii, 209 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: studying urban school discipline: a Bronx tale -- How the police took over school discipline: from policies of inclusion to punishment and exclusion -- Signs of the times: place, culture, and control at urban public high school -- Instituting the culture of control: disciplinary practices and order maintenance -- Against the law: student noncompliance and contestation -- Tensions between educational approaches and discourses of control -- The underlife: oppositional behavior at urban public high school -- Living proof: experiences of economic and educational exclusion -- Conclusion: recommendations for effective urban schooling and sound discipline. |
| Subject |
School discipline -- United States.
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School discipline. |
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United States. |
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Urban high schools -- United States.
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Urban high schools. |
| ISBN |
9780816675524 hardcover alkaline paper |
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081667552X hardcover alkaline paper |
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9780816675531 paperback alkaline paper |
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0816675538 paperback alkaline paper |
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