1. Minority status is a significant factor associated with reports of delinquency in school because of the increase in zero-tolerance policies and heavy policing in and around schools. Many minority students in these schools are given suspension and referred to the police which is not correcting the actions of students but merely pushing them aside. Another big factor has to do with the history of discrimination that has created race-based disparity economically and socially. Discrimination still occurs today in education because children of color are often pushed to go to schools that are underfunded and placed in bad neighborhoods. With lack of financial resources and a good education, children become angered making them turn to illegitimate
