{"id":4291,"date":"2013-04-05T17:32:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T21:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/?p=4291"},"modified":"2016-03-28T18:06:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T22:06:38","slug":"the-school-to-prison-pipeline-research-essay-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/commons.trincoll.edu\/edreform\/2013\/04\/the-school-to-prison-pipeline-research-essay-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"The School-to-Prison Pipeline Research Essay Proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is the \u201cschool-to-prison pipeline,\u201d and what steps have various reform groups taken to halt the funneling of students into the criminal justice system in major U.S. cities over the past five years?<\/em><\/p>\n

Relevance:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The school-to-prison pipeline plagues schools and youth across the country, specifically minority and disabled students in urban areas. Due to policies employed in elementary and secondary schools across the United States, students are funneled directly from the school system into the criminal justice system. Many of these schools have metal detectors at every entrance, law enforcement officers staffing the buildings and campuses, and intense zero-tolerance policies that treat minor and major infractions with similar severity. Authorities and educators have shown an increasing dependence on suspensions, expulsions, and outside law enforcement to intervene when faced with disciplinary issues in the classroom. The removal of students from the classroom setting regularly for both<\/em> major and minor disciplinary infractions poses significant physical and emotional risks to youth. Often, young people living in urban settings are led to feel that arrest and incarceration are inevitable and are simply what lies ahead in their futures. Recidivism rates for juveniles are shockingly high and the school-to-prison pipeline only adds to these figures.\u00a0The fact that school policies could be, at least in part, responsible for guiding students into the criminal justice system is alarming; any policies or campaigns to put a stop to this pipeline are incredibly important.<\/p>\n

Research Strategy:<\/strong><\/p>\n

To start my research, I used Google, Google Scholar, and JStor to search \u201cschool to prison pipeline\u201d in an effort to gather broad, background information about the school-to-prison pipeline. After gathering information about the way the pipeline is defined and framed, I narrowed my search to \u201cschool to prison pipeline new york city\u201d and \u201ceducation policy school to prison pipeline.\u201d Next I moved on to create a working list of groups dedicated to tackling the pipeline by searching \u201cschool to prison pipeline reform\u201d and \u201ceducation reformers new york, ny.\u201d I then searched some of the names that I found cropping up in multiple articles to expand my list of reformers and campaigns. While I do have a list of individuals who are prominent leaders in the field and their accomplishments, I would like to delve deeper into not only the reform methods that they have tried and succeeded with, but also those attempts that were not successful.<\/p>\n

Sources:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“A Look At School Discipline | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) – American Civil Liberties Union of New York State.” A Look At School Discipline | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) – American Civil Liberties Union of New York State<\/em>. New York Civil Liberties Union, n.d. Web. 02 Apr. 2013. http:\/\/www.nyclu.org\/schooltoprison\/factsheet<\/a><\/p>\n

“A Look At School Safety | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) – American Civil Liberties Union of New York State.” A Look At School Safety | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) – American Civil Liberties Union of New York State<\/em>. New York Civil Liberties Union, n.d. Web. 02 Apr. 2013. http:\/\/www.nyclu.org\/schooltoprison\/lookatsafety<\/a><\/p>\n

Kim, Catherine Y., Daniel J. Losen, and Damon Hewitt. The School to Prison Pipeline: Structuring Legal Reform<\/em>. New York: New York UP, 2010. Print.<\/p>\n

\u201cMedgar Evers College President William L. Pollard and Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes Present a Symposium on Race, Law and Justice: Strategies for Closing the School-to-Prison Pipeline.\u201d CUNY Newswire<\/em>. The City University of New York, 14 Feb. 2013. Web. 05 Apr. 2013. <http:\/\/www1.cuny.edu\/mu\/forum\/2013\/02\/14\/medgar-evers-college-president-william-l-pollard-and-kings-county-district-attorney-charles-j-hynes-present-a-symposium-on-race-law-and-justice-strategies-for-closing-the-school-to-prison-pipeline\/>.<\/p>\n

Resmovits, Joy. “School-To-Prison Pipeline Targeted By Judges, Education Officials.” The Huffington Post<\/em>. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 12 Mar. 2012. Web. 04 Apr. 2013. http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/03\/12\/school-to-prison-pipeline_n_1340380.html<\/a><\/p>\n

“School-to-Prison Pipeline.” American Civil Liberties Union<\/em>. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Apr. 2013. http:\/\/www.aclu.org\/racial-justice\/school-prison-pipeline<\/a><\/p>\n

“The Student Safety Act | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) – American Civil Liberties Union of New York State.” The Student Safety Act | New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) – American Civil Liberties Union of New York State<\/em>. New York Civil Liberties Union, n.d. Web. 02 Apr. 2013. http:\/\/www.nyclu.org\/schooltoprison\/ssa<\/a><\/p>\n

Wald, J. and Losen, D. J. Defining and redirecting a school-to-prison pipeline. New Directions for Youth Development, 2003:\u00a09\u201315. doi:\u00a010.1002\/yd.51<\/p>\n

http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/store\/10.1002\/yd.51\/asset\/51_ftp.pdf?v=1&t=hf5hxyhw&s=9ca3a225bcf98b945fd8fb2731c6169e1a07944f<\/a><\/p>\n

Welch, Kelly, and Allison Ann Payne. “Racial Threat and Punitive School Discipline.” Social Problems<\/em> 57.1 (2010): 25-48. JSTOR<\/em>. Web. 02 Apr. 2013. http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/10.1525\/sp.2010.57.1.25<\/a><\/p>\n

“YCP.” YCP<\/em>. Kings County District Attorney Office, n.d. Web. 04 Apr. 2013. www.brooklyn<\/strong>da.org\/YCP<\/strong>\/YCP<\/strong>.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

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