Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ504542
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Preventing and Producing Violence: A Critical Analysis of Responses to School Violence.
Noguera, Pedro A.
Harvard Educational Review, v65 n2 p189-212 Sum 1995
Disciplinary measures based on social control produce prison-like schools that remain unsafe. Coercive strategies disrupt learning and foster an environment of mistrust and resistance. Humanizing the environment and encouraging responsibility and a sense of community are possible solutions. (SK)
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, Educational Environment, Prevention, School Culture, Social Control, Violence
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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