There are conflicting descriptions of rural contexts, particularly as they relate to school
discipline and juvenile justice. However, there are some consistencies that can guide …

This chapter discusses the downfalls of schools' overreliance on exclusionary discipline
practices and law enforcement, what the literature says about the alternatives, and how rural …

School suspensions and expulsions resulting from zero tolerance disciplinary policies have
directly expanded the “school-to-prison pipeline” while disproportionately and negatively …

The rise in the number of Black, male, incarcerated, rural youth and the retributive juvenile
justice system is a prominent problem in the United States, creating a revolving door for …

Increasingly, education policymakers are touting restorative justice as a way to interrupt the"
school-to-prison pipeline," which disproportionately impacts students by race, sexuality, and …

The practice of restorative justice within schools has emerged as an alternative model to
traditional punitive and adversarial processes (Cox 1995; Cameron and Thorsborne 2001) …

Previous research has demonstrated beneficial outcomes of using restorative justice
techniques, rather than traditional punitive approaches, in response to student misbehavior …

Driving Local Reform: Certificate Program Series June 2018 he “school-to-prison pipeline,”
a term that has garnered a great deal of attention in recent years, describes the direct link …

National mandates to decrease suspension numbers have prompted school districts across
the country to turn to a practice known as restorative justice as an alternative to removing …