David Haugen

Discipline and Punishment David Haugen

Brief Description: "Discipline and Punishment: Each volume in the series focuses on a different right or freedom and offers an anthology of key essays and articles on that right or freedom and the responsibilities that come with it"--Table of Contents: Foreword -- Introduction -- Chronology -- 1. Discipline and Punishment at School: An Overview: Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law -- A law encyclopedia describes both how the concept of discipline has evolved in educational settings and the modern policies that define its application today. -- 2. College Students Attending a State University Must Be Granted a Hearing Before Expulsion: The US Court of Appeals' Decision / Richard Rives -- The US Court of Appeals finds in 1961 that six students expelled from a state university must be afforded due process rights in the course of punishment. -- 3. College Disciplinary Systems Are a Necessary Element of Higher Education / Edward N. Stoner, Sheldon E. Steinbach -- A lawyer and an education consultant argue that college disciplinary systems are essential to providing students with quality education and can provide closure on cases that the criminal system does not. -- 4. College Disciplinary Codes and Approaches Should Not Be Legalistic / Peter F. Lake -- A law university director argues that disciplinary systems in higher education have become too legalistic, and universities would be better served by a more individualized reform. -- 5. Students Must Be Granted a Hearing Before Being Suspended or Expelled by a School in Accordance with the Fourteenth Amendment: The US Supreme Court's Decision / Byron White -- The US Supreme Court finds in 1975 that prior to punishing a student with suspension, the student in question must be given a hearing under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. -- 6. School Expulsion: A Life Sentence? / Sarah Biehl -- An attorney maintains that punishing students with suspension or expulsion denies them the right to an education, causes long-lasting harm, and hinders their pursuit of success and happiness. -- 7. School Zero Tolerance Policies Are a Legal and Effective Means of Discipline: National School Boards Association -- An association of educators argues that schools have the right to enact reasonable zero tolerance policies and that such policies have been effective in reducing violence and other disruptive or threatening behaviors. -- 8. School Zero Tolerance Policies Unfairly Criminalize Children / John W Whitehead -- The president of a civil liberties institute asserts that zero tolerance policies are failing schools by ignoring the contexts of specific infractions and criminalizing childish behavior. -- 9. Corporal Punishment Administered at School Does Not Constitute Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The US Supreme Court's Decision / Lewis F. Powell Jr. -- A US Supreme Court justice writes in 1977 that the administration of corporal punishment by school officials violates neither the eighth nor the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution. -- 10. Corporal Punishment Should Be Banned in All Schools / Laura W. Murphy, Deborah J. Vagins, Alison Parker -- Representatives from the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch testify before Congress as to why the US government should pass legislation outlawing corporal punishment in schools. -- 11. The Mother of a Student Who Was Subjected to Corporal Punishment Urges Lawmakers to Outlaw Its Use in Schools: Personal Narrative / Linda Pee -- A mother whose daughter was subjected to corporal punishment at school recounts the negative impact of the punishment on her daughter and calls for legislative action to prevent this from happening to other students. -- 12. Domestic Violence Laws Do Not Prohibit Parents from Using Corporal Punishment as a Discipline Tool: The State Court of Appeals' Decision / Mark P. Painter -- The Ohio Court of Appeals determines in 2003 that domestic violence laws were not enacted to prevent parents from using corporal punishment to discipline their children. -- 13. Corporal Punishment Does Not Constitute Child Abuse: The State Supreme Court's Decision / Alan C. Page -- The Minnesota Supreme Court rules in 2008 that the actions of a father who paddled his child thirty-six times cannot be termed, physical abuse and are legal within Minnesota law. -- 14. Sending Teenagers to Boot Camps / Professors House -- A parenting website contends that juvenile boot camps may offer a last chance opportunity to instill discipline and respect in the lives of some troubled teens. -- 15. Teen Boot Camps Are Ineffective and Dangerous / Maia Szalavitz -- A health and science journalist argues that juvenile boot camps are a torture industry that possesses no scientific evidence to back up claims of effectively rehabilitating wayward children. -- 16. World Wide Association of Specialty Programs and Schools Sued by Ex-Students Claiming Abuse / Jennifer Dobner -- A journalist reports on a lawsuit brought by former students against a string of privately owned rehabilitation institutions for troubled teens. The students allege the facilities were mismanaged and meted out physical and emotional punishment as well as other forms of abuse. -- Organizations to Contact -- For Further Reading -- Index. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (150-152) and index.; Discipline and Punishment: Each volume in the series focuses on a different right or freedom and offers an anthology of key essays and articles on that right or freedom and the responsibilities that come with it--; Provided by publisher. Publisher Marketing: This timely series examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of American teens; many volumes cover how the Bill of Rights are interpreted and protected with regard to minors.; Volume explores real or perceived teen rights related to discipline and punishment, including: the legality of corporal punishment (spanking) in schools and at home; the rights of teens committed to residential treatment centers; student rights of due pro; This timely new series from Greenhaven Press examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of American teens. 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Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2013 (EAN 9780737764017, Hardcover)

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