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Suspensions and Referrals to Law Enforcement of African American Students Pre and Post Restorative Justice

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Date Issued:
2019
Abstract/Description:
The purpose of this study was to compare the number of suspensions and referrals to lawenforcement from traditional consequences administered to students in a large urban schooldistrict in southeastern United States for the school year 2013 to 2014 to the number ofsuspensions and referrals to law enforcement from consequences rendered after theimplementation of restorative justice practices in the 2015 to 2016 school year, as reported to theCivil Rights Office of Data Collection (CRDC, 2016). There was statistical evidence that schoolshad policies and/or practices in place that had a discriminatory bias towards racial groups whenschool discipline was administered (USDOE, 2016). Restorative justice processes worked toguide the conduct of individuals issuing the discipline and those needing to be disciplined(Rawls, 1971). Crosstabulations were used to determine if there were differences in students'behaviors in a large urban school district, categorized by race, gender, and socioeconomics forthose who received traditional discipline practices in 2013-2014 compared to those who receiveddiscipline during the implementation of restorative justice practices in 2015-2016. A decrease indiscipline infractions was the standard used to define a successful outcome for this alternativediscipline. Restorative justice allowed discipline to be proactive when implemented with fidelity(Adler, 2011). Findings in this large urban school district, suggested that African Americanstudents continued to receive discipline infractions at a disproportionate rate after theimplementation of restorative justice. Utilization of this alternative discipline proved to besuccessful in decreasing the number of single and multiple out-of-school suspensions andreferrals to law enforcement.
Title: Suspensions and Referrals to Law Enforcement of African American Students Pre and Post Restorative Justice.
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Name(s): Brown, Adrienne, Author
Bartee, RoSusan, Committee Chair
Gordon, William, Committee Member
Johnson, Jerry, Committee Member
Bradshaw, Leigh, Committee Member
Edyburn, Dave, Committee Member
University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2019
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to compare the number of suspensions and referrals to lawenforcement from traditional consequences administered to students in a large urban schooldistrict in southeastern United States for the school year 2013 to 2014 to the number ofsuspensions and referrals to law enforcement from consequences rendered after theimplementation of restorative justice practices in the 2015 to 2016 school year, as reported to theCivil Rights Office of Data Collection (CRDC, 2016). There was statistical evidence that schoolshad policies and/or practices in place that had a discriminatory bias towards racial groups whenschool discipline was administered (USDOE, 2016). Restorative justice processes worked toguide the conduct of individuals issuing the discipline and those needing to be disciplined(Rawls, 1971). Crosstabulations were used to determine if there were differences in students'behaviors in a large urban school district, categorized by race, gender, and socioeconomics forthose who received traditional discipline practices in 2013-2014 compared to those who receiveddiscipline during the implementation of restorative justice practices in 2015-2016. A decrease indiscipline infractions was the standard used to define a successful outcome for this alternativediscipline. Restorative justice allowed discipline to be proactive when implemented with fidelity(Adler, 2011). Findings in this large urban school district, suggested that African Americanstudents continued to receive discipline infractions at a disproportionate rate after theimplementation of restorative justice. Utilization of this alternative discipline proved to besuccessful in decreasing the number of single and multiple out-of-school suspensions andreferrals to law enforcement.
Identifier: CFE0007435 (IID), ucf:52719 (fedora)
Note(s): 2019-05-01
Ed.D.
Community Innovation and Education, Educational Leadership and Higher Education
Doctoral
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Subject(s): Discipline
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0007435
Restrictions on Access: public 2019-05-15
Host Institution: UCF

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