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The Palgrave International Handbook of School Discipline, Surveillance, and Social Control

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Addresses existing arguments and new empirical research on security, surveillance and punishment in schools
  • Provides a comprehensive comparative international perspective
  • Brings together leading academics in the field from criminology, education, sociology, political science and law

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Table of contents (29 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. The Changing Landscape of School Discipline, Surveillance, and Social Control

    • Emmeline Taylor, Jo Deakin, Aaron Kupchik
    Pages 1-13
  3. The Convergence of School Discipline with Criminal Justice Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
    2. Zero Tolerance School Policies

      • Kelly Welch, Allison Ann Payne
      Pages 215-234
    3. Discipline Disparities: New and Emerging Research in the United States

      • Russell J. Skiba, Mariella I. Arredondo, Chrystal Gray, M. Karega Rausch
      Pages 235-252
    4. The School-to-Prison Pipeline

      • Sanna King, Alicia Rusoja, Anthony A. Peguero
      Pages 269-290
    5. Policing and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

      • Deanna N. Devlin, Denise C. Gottfredson
      Pages 291-308

About this book

Truly international in scope, this Handbook focuses on approaches to discipline, surveillance and social control from around the world, critically examining the strategies and practices schools employ to monitor students and control their behavior. Bringing together leading scholars from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, the chapters scrutinize, analyze and compare schools' practices across the globe, providing a critical review of existing evidence, debates and understandings, while looking forward to address emerging important questions and key policy issues.  


The chapters are divided into four sections. Part 1 offers accounts of international trends in school discipline, surveillance and punishment; Part 2 examines the merging of school strategies with criminal justice practices; Part 3 focuses on developments in school technological surveillance; and Part 4 concludes by discussing restorative and balanced approaches to school discipline and behavior management. 


As the first Handbook to draw together these multiple themes into one text, and the first international comparative collection on school discipline, surveillance and social control, it will appeal to scholars across a range of fields including sociology, education, criminology, critical security studies and psychology, providing a unique, timely, and indispensable resource for undergraduate educators and researchers.





Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Law, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Jo Deakin

  • Department of Sociology, City, University of London, London, United Kingdom

    Emmeline Taylor

  • Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, Newark, USA

    Aaron Kupchik

About the editors

Jo Deakin is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at The University of Manchester, UK.


Emmeline Taylor is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at City, University of London, UK.


Aaron Kupchik is Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware, USA.




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