Police in the Hallways : Discipline in an Urban High School, Paperback by Nolan, Kathleen; Willis, Paul (FRW), ISBN 0816675538, ISBN-13 9780816675531, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

In 1998, the mayor of New York City placed the police department in charge of security and discipline in the city's public schools. In this eye-opening ethnographic study, Nolan (teacher preparation program, Princeton U.) observes and interviews real-life students, teachers, administrators, and police officers at one Bronx high school, where 12 local police officers, four officers from a special task force, and 20 'safety agents' patrol the school's hallways and other areas to maintain order among 3,000 nonwhite, low-income students. Nolan lived and worked in the neighborhood for 20 years as a public school teacher, community organizer, and social worker; her familiarity gave her access to students who did not usually trust outsiders. She follows individual students from the classroom to the courts to illustrate the negative impact of school-based policing and penal institutional practices in American schools, and describes how students cope when they are confronted by law-enforcement officials for minor school infractions, arguing that the students' perspectives can reveal the shortcomings of current policy and provide a vision of alternative possibilities. In addition, the author examines school-based policing in the context of socio-economic change, school reform, and criminal justice trends, and makes recommendations for more effective urban schooling and sound discipline. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()