Too Strict or Too Lenient?: Examining The Role of School Strictness With Educational and Juvenile Justice Outcomes uri icon

abstract

  • 2018, 2018 Taylor & Francis. Although there is research exploring how school punishment practices are influencing academic and juvenile justice outcomes, how strict or lenient school punishment practices are related to aspects of education such as grade retention and dropping out, as well as juvenile justice contact, remains unknown. This study draws from the Texas Education Agencys Public Education Information Management System to investigate the relationship between strict and lenient school punishment practices, academic progress or failure, and juvenile justice contact. Results indicate that schools with more strict punishment practices can contribute to higher grade retention and juvenile justice referral rates; however, it also appears that lenient punishment practices also exacerbate these same outcomes as well as higher referral rates. The importance of fair, just, and balanced school punishment practices is discussed.

published proceedings

  • SOCIOLOGICAL SPECTRUM

altmetric score

  • 0.25

author list (cited authors)

  • Peguero, A. A., Marchbanks, M., Varela, K. S., Eason, J. M., & Blake, J.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Peguero, Anthony A||Marchbanks, Miner P Trey III||Varela, Kay S||Eason, John M||Blake, Jamilia

publication date

  • January 2018