LATIN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Microsoft Open Specification Promise, Victimless Crime, Restorative Justice
Document Summary
(cid:1445)zero-tolerance(cid:1446) policies criminalize minor infractions of school rules students entering juvenile system for behavior that should be handled in school. Linked to school policing and educational inequality including: Inadequate due process for students facing punishment. Highly segregated and low performing alternative schools. Youth of color (black, latinx, and american indian) Youth with disabilities, especially those with developmental or mental health issues. Girls that have experienced sexual abuse or trauma. An evidence-based approach to improving school discipline. Addressing racial and other forms of bias. Decriminalizing drug offenses and other victimless crimes. Shortening sentences, and eliminating re-imprisonment for technical violations of probation or parole. Norway"s criminal justice system focuses on restorative justice which focuses on seeing crimes seen as a social problem rather than an individual problem. There are multiple criticisms to this justice system such as seeing the punishment as too soft . Noguera (2003) called for the need to address environmental issues to solve educational problems .
