University of California, Irvine, School of Education From the School Yard to the Prison Yard: Juveniles Justice with Minorities Brittany Foreman University of California, Irvine, School of Education Background Methods and Theoretical Framework Key Findings The school to prison pipeline describes the proportionately high school dropout rates that affects African American and Latinos students, which are brought on by the systemic factors such s punitive practice and zero tolerance policies within schools. This projects examines the existing literature and the experience of hyper criminalization and pushout African American and Latino youths. Black and Latino youth are much more likely to be in contact with the juvenile justice system. Involvement in the juvenile justice system is associated with the negative educational outcomes School to prison pipeline is one of the most pressing equity and educational issues in our country. Literature Review Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys (Victor Rios) Hyper-criminalization & Labeling the Hype Race, Poverty, and Exclusionary School Security: Empirical Analysis of U.S Elementary, Middle, High School (Dr. Kupchik, Dr. Ward) Exclusionary v. Inclusionary Security Streetsmart Schoolsmart Shows how race and ethnicity are related to the use of school and authority punishments, crimes reported to the police or by a police or security presence. Shows how discipline is issued in schools due the race, ethnicity, and mental health of the students Majority schools uses exclusionary security Acknowledgements University of California, Irvine Summer Education Research Internship Dr. Gilberto Conchas, Advisor Miguel Abad, Graduate Mentor Research Questions (1) How might race, school discipline policies, and “special needs” status interact in contributing to the prison pipeline? References Wald, J., & Losen, D. J. (2003). Defining and redirecting a school‐to‐prison pipeline. New directions for youth development, 2003(99), 9-15. Chicago Hirschfield, P. J. (2008). Preparing for prison? The criminalization of school discipline in the USA. Theoretical Criminology, 12(1), 79-101. Rios, V. M. (2011). Punished: Policing the lives of Black and Latino boys. NYU Press . https://www.aclu.org/fact-sheet/locating-school-prison-pipeline