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Book SynopsisExamines the impact of zero tolerance and other harsh disciplinary approaches that have transformed schools into penal-like institutions. In their own words, students describe their lives, the challenges they face, and their efforts to overcome those challenges. Unlike other studies, this book illuminates the students' perspectives on what happens when the educational system excludes them.
Trade ReviewWeissman addresses a set of twinned issues that are critical for our understanding of urban education, criminal justice and youth development through a lens of racial injustice: the school to prison pipeline, and growing surveillance/securitization within public schools. She offers a compelling analysis of these dynamics through the voices and from the perspectives of young people who know, and have seen, too much, who are ‘growing up policed.'"" - Michelle Fine, Distinguished Professor, The Graduate Center, CUNY.
""Weissman interweaves her own background, experiences, and insights drawn from her work as a community organizer and advocate for prisoners and youth to cover the extremely important topic of the school-to-prison pipeline, in one of the first books (if not the first) to include and thoroughly incorporate the voices of youth who are directly impacted by the trend."" - Tamar Birckhead, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
""An invaluable resource for leaders and policy makers concerning this ""un-
necessary"" prison pipeline."" -
Journal of Pan African Studies
