School-Based Referrals to the Juvenile Courts: Prevalence and Characteristics in Several States

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dc.contributor.advisorLeone, Peter Een_US
dc.contributor.authorWruble, Pamela Cichonen_US
dc.contributor.departmentSpecial Educationen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-22T05:35:02Z
dc.date.available2016-06-22T05:35:02Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractEffective school discipline practices are essential to keeping schools safe and creating an optimal learning environment. However, the overreliance of exclusionary discipline often removes students from the school setting and deprives them of the opportunity to learn. Previous research has suggested that students are being introduced to the juvenile justice system through the use of school-based juvenile court referrals. In 2011, approximately 1.2 million delinquency cases were referred to the juvenile courts in the United States. Preliminary evidence suggests that an increasing number of these referrals have originated in the schools. This study investigated school-based referrals to the juvenile courts as an element of the School-to-Prison Pipeline (StPP). The likelihood of school-based juvenile court referrals and rate of dismissal of these referrals was examined in several states using data from the National Juvenile Court Data Archives. In addition, the study examined race and special education status as predictors of school-based juvenile court referrals. Descriptive statistics, logistic regression and odds ratio, were used to analyze the data, make conclusions based on the findings and recommend appropriate school discipline practices.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2B20F
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/18142
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducation policyen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSpecial educationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSchool-based disciplinary referralsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSchool referrals for minority studentsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSchool referrals for students with disabilitiesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSchool referrals to the juvenile courtsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSchool-to-Prison Pipelineen_US
dc.titleSchool-Based Referrals to the Juvenile Courts: Prevalence and Characteristics in Several Statesen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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