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Public schools across the nation have turned to the criminal justice system as a gold standard of discipline. This book shows how schools and prisons became so intertwined. It tells what this mean for students, communities, and a democratic society?

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"The Prison School is a disturbing and important book." New York Journal of Books

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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Public Schools in a Punitive Era 2. The "At-Risk Youth Industry" 3. Undereducated and Overcriminalized in New Orleans 4. The Prison School Conclusion Appendix Notes References Index

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: 6/2/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780520281462, 978-0520281462
      ISBN10: 0520281462

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Public schools across the nation have turned to the criminal justice system as a gold standard of discipline. This book shows how schools and prisons became so intertwined. It tells what this mean for students, communities, and a democratic society?

      Trade Review
      "The Prison School is a disturbing and important book." New York Journal of Books

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Public Schools in a Punitive Era 2. The "At-Risk Youth Industry" 3. Undereducated and Overcriminalized in New Orleans 4. The Prison School Conclusion Appendix Notes References Index

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