Zero Tolerance in the United States

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See Also

Schools and School Districts; Three Strikes Laws.

Drug Interdiction ; Operation Intercept ; U.S. Government: The Organization of U.S. Drug Policy

BROKEN WINDOWS THESIS.

United States Congress. House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation. (1988). “Zero Tolerance” drug policy and confiscation of property: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Navigation of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (House of Representatives, 100th Congress, 2nd session). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Curwin, R.L. &Mendler, A. N. (1999). Zero tolerance for zero tolerance. Phi Delta Kappan 81, 119.

Amy Windham

Revised by Frederick K. Grittner

Further Reading (Articles)

Zero Tolerance, Drugs, Alcohol, and Tobacco: Learning About Addictive Behavior; January 1, 2003

Zero Tolerance and the Paradox of Fairness: Viewpoints from the Classroom, Journal of Law and Education; April 1, 2007; Fries, Kim DeMitchell, Todd A.

Zero Tolerance and the Politics of Racial Injustice, The Journal of Negro Education; January 1, 2005; Robbins, Christopher G.

Why Zero Tolerance Might Not Work Here; LEADER: Police and Criminologists Unconvinced by Methods Former Mayor Giuliani Used to Tackle Crime in New York, Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); February 14, 2002

Editorial: Zero Tolerance and Bad Judgment in Working with Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders, Behavioral Disorders; August 1, 2000; Kauffman, James M. Brigham, Frederick J.

Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance, Phi Delta Kappan; October 1, 1999; Curwin, Richard L. Mendler, Allen N.

Zero Tolerance and Alternative Discipline Strategies, National Association of School Psychologists. Communique; September 1, 2010; Skiba, Russell

Schools re-evaluate ‘zero tolerance’ rules, Telegraph – Herald (Dubuque); June 16, 2007; The Associated Press

Zero tolerance slows USDA beef sales., Feedstuffs; August 21, 2000; MAIXNER, ED

Patience for ‘zero tolerance’ waning, Oakland Tribune; June 16, 2007; Ray Henry , Associated Press

Zero-Tolerance Discipline in Illinois Public Schools., Mondaq Business Briefing; May 10, 2002

Zero-Tolerance Criteria Do Not Assure Product Quality, Pharmaceutical Technology; January 1, 2006; Murphy, John R Griffiths, Kristi L

DISCIPLINING ON CASE-BY-CASE BASIS | ZERO TOLERANCE: LOCAL SCHOOLS NOT EVERY CRIME BLACK AND WHITE, The Herald News – Joliet (IL); December 6, 1999

ZERO TOLERANCE POLICIES AND THE MARGINALIZATION OF STUDENTS OF COLOR AND OTHER VULNERABLE GROUPS, Bilingual Review; May 1, 2004; Sáenz, Rogelio

Zero Tolerance Policies and Terroristic Threatening in Schools, Journal of Law and Education; October 1, 2011; Melvin, Brandi

Zero Tolerance Approach to School Violence: Is It Going Too Far?, American Secondary Education; January 1, 2000; Essex, Nathan L.

States consider loosening schools’ zero-tolerance rules, Oakland Tribune; June 16, 2007; Ray Henry, Associated Press

States might loosen zero-tolerance rules, Oakland Tribune; June 16, 2007; Ray Henry, Associated Press

Schools loosen up on zero tolerance, Oakland Tribune; June 16, 2007; Ray Henry , Associated Press

Zero tolerance or no tolerance?, Baltimore Afro-American; April 2, 1999

Zero Tolerance in State Statute Topics

Introduction to Zero Tolerance

The purpose of Zero Tolerance is to provide a broad appreciation of the Zero Tolerance legal topic. Select from the list of U.S. legal topics for information (other than Zero Tolerance).

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Further Reading

• Information about Zero Tolerance in the Gale Encyclopedia of American Law.