Search Results
Source: Center for Civil Rights Remedies
Resulting in 1 citation.
| 1. |
Shollenberger, Tracey L. |
|
Racial Disparities in School Suspension and Subsequent Outcomes: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 Report, The Civil Rights Project, Center for Civil Rights Remedies, University of California at Los Angeles, April 2013 Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: University of California at Los Angeles Keyword(s): Arrests; Criminal Justice System; Delinquency/Gang Activity; Educational Attainment; Racial Equality/Inequality; School Suspension/Expulsion Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using NLSY97 data, I examine the prevalence and intensity of suspension among nationally representative samples of white, black, and Hispanic youth attending secondary school during the late 1990s. I find that suspension was a common experience, affecting more than one in three youth for a typical total of five days during K-12. Black boys were suspended most frequently and most intensely, with fully two in three suspended at some point during K-12 and nearly one in five suspended from school for a full month or more. Following youth into early adulthood reveals a strong correlation between suspension and negative outcomes in education and criminal justice. Among boys suspended for 10 total days or more, less than half had obtained a high school diploma by their late 20s; more than three in four had been arrested; and more than one in three had been sentenced to confinement in a correctional facility. Controlling for the behavior of youth – including property offenses, drugs sales, and violent behaviors – does not eliminate the race and gender disparities evident in suspension. In addition, substantial shares of suspended youth—especially black and Hispanic youth—had not engaged in serious delinquency by the time they were first suspended from school. Thus, for these youth, any involvement in delinquency or crime that led to future arrest or incarceration began only after their careers of punishment. In light of these findings, policymakers interested in improving outcomes for youth in both education and in criminal justice should promote alternatives to suspension, identify and support schools with high rates of exclusionary discipline, and facilitate the evaluation of recent efforts to reduce the use of suspension and related racial disparities. Future research should investigate the possibility of a causal relationship between suspension and subsequent outcomes, focusing on missed instructional time, reduced bonding to school, and official labeling as potential mechanisms. |
|
|
Bibliography Citation
Shollenberger, Tracey L. "Racial Disparities in School Suspension and Subsequent Outcomes: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997." Report, The Civil Rights Project, Center for Civil Rights Remedies, University of California at Los Angeles, April 2013. |