concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: zero tolerance policies

discipline policy
type: Concept
narrower: zero tolerance policies

juvenile justice
type: Concept
narrower: zero tolerance policies

leadership, law, policy, and practice
type: Concept
narrower: zero tolerance policies

zero tolerance policies
type: Concept
broader: leadership, law, policy, and practice
broader: juvenile justice
broader: discipline policy
definition: In recent years, increased arrests of minority youth on school property have led juvenile justice policymakers to conclude that specific practices related to federal and state zero tolerance policies have become a significant source of disproportionate minority contact (DMC) and confinement. Originally enacted in the early 1990s to counter the increase in violent tendencies among youth as well as the fear of an increase in firearm-related incidents in schools, zero tolerance policies have become applicable to nearly all rule-breaking behavior that occurs on school grounds. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Zero Tolerance Policies]