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Examining the "school to prison pipeline"

By Douglas A. Berman

A helpful reader sent me this link to an online journal of the Child Welfare League called The Link.  Of interest for sentencing fans is an article starting on page six titled, "The School to Prison Pipeline and Criminalizing Youth: Costs, Consequences, and Alternatives."  Here are two interesting paragraphs from the article's introduction:There are likely no more distinct institutions in a society than schools and prisons.  One, the school, is considered an institution that builds capacity that can serve as a ticket out of poverty and the gate that opens to a better future. The other, the prison, is used to contain those who society considers a threat to social well-being and cements poverty and diminishes opportunities...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 25, 2008 (boomark / email).