ERIC Number: EJ1441462
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1538-8220
EISSN: EISSN-1538-8239
Disorderly to Whom? A Critical Analysis of School-Based Disorderly Conduct Referrals
Journal of School Violence, v23 n4 p582-596 2024
The criminalization of school discipline and its resulting consequences for students, particularly students of color, has been widely studied. While results from previous research have shown racial and gender differences in punitive school experiences like suspension, school-based arrest, and school-based referrals to juvenile justice systems, existing literature has primarily focused on the experience of Black boys or used aggregate data to examine school-level correlates of referral-rates and has been limited in its examination of referrals for more subjective offenses like disorderly conduct. Informed by Critical Race Feminism, this study sought to examine whether Black girls experience increased odds of referral to the juvenile justice system for disorderly conduct involving school-based offenses in Florida. Our findings suggest that Black girls experience a higher risk of referral for school-based disorderly conduct as compared to other youth referred to the juvenile justice system, suggesting they are more likely to experience this form of school-based criminalization as compared to other youth.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Zero Tolerance Policy, African American Students, Females, Antisocial Behavior, Student Behavior, Juvenile Justice, Delinquency, Youth Problems, Racial Discrimination, Critical Race Theory, Gender Discrimination, Suspension
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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