Maximum Security
Culture of Violence in Inner-city Schools
John Devine(Author)
University of Chicago Press
Published on 1. January 1997
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-0-226-14386-6 (ISBN)
Description
Escalations in student violence continue throughout the American nation, but inner-city schools are the hardest hit, with classrooms and corridors infected by the anger, aggression, and criminality endemic to street life. Technological surveillance, security personnel, and paramilitary control tactics to maintain order and safety are the common administrative response. Based on years of frontline experience in New York's inner-city schools, this text seeks to demonstrate that such policing strategies are not only ineffectual, they divorce students and teachers from their ethical and behavioural responsibilities.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicago
United States
Publishing group
The University of Chicago Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
10 halftones
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-226-14386-6 (9780226143866)
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