Lockdown high
Subtitle: when the schoolhouse becomes a jailhouse
By: Annette Fuentes
Publisher: Verso
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781844674077
Subjects: School violence; Safety measures; Schools; Security measures; High school students; Prevention
Description: A report on the overblown fear of violence that turns American schools into prisons and students into suspects describes how the fixation on crime and security has resulted in unprecedented restrictions on student rights, dignity, and educational freedom.
Notes: Originally published: 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-211) and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of school violence; title: We are Columbine; title: Crime and punishment : the zero tolerance epidemic; title: Supermax schoolhouse; title: The war on drugs goes to school; title: The profiteers of Lockdown High; title: Policing the schools, arresting development; title: Busting out of Lockdown High : alternative paths to safe schools.