Due to policies such as the zero-tolerance policy, minorities feel as though they have been pushed out of the education system, rather than being labeled as a drop out. The young men interviewed in this article entered the correctional system before the age of eighteen, they never received a high school diploma, and they were labeled as felons upon their release. As a result of the failing educational system that pushed them out and lead them to imprisonment, these individuals made a living through illegal means. The motive for why youth became involved in drug trafficking is best explained by Mohamed and Fritsvald’s dorm room dealers’ example. The dorm room dealers are motivated by economic gain and hope to construct masculinity. The dorm
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The first distinction shows evidence that school disciplinary decision often shapes the pattern of delinquent behavior. The labeling theory suggests that if a child is continuously called or labeled as a delinquent, then that child will take on that role and become one. The second distinction of a relationship between disproportionate minority contact in schools and the justice system involves the expulsion or suspension of African Americans. This exclusion makes them spend more time in places that are more observable to police, which causes them to fall into the criminal justice system (Valentine 2009:1007-1008). Minority groups are not the only groups being affected by the failing school …show more content…
The school failure hypothesis believes that school failure for adolescents with learning disabilities is an excessive step that leads to other events, such as rejection by peers or academic difficulties, and juvenile court involvement. The susceptibility hypothesis believes that adolescents with learning disabilities have cognitive, neurological, and intellectual difficulties that make them vulnerable to engage in delinquent behavior. Lastly, the differential treatment hypothesis believes that adolescents with learning disabilities are no more involved with delinquent activities that their nondisabled peers. In this particular hypothesis, the adolescents are not a fault, but rather the reaction of authority figures involved with the adolescent are to blame (Mallett 2014:148-149). As time went by, things only seemed to get worse for students in the education
The first distinction shows evidence that school disciplinary decision often shapes the pattern of delinquent behavior. The labeling theory suggests that if a child is continuously called or labeled as a delinquent, then that child will take on that role and become one. The second distinction of a relationship between disproportionate minority contact in schools and the justice system involves the expulsion or suspension of African Americans. This exclusion makes them spend more time in places that are more observable to police, which causes them to fall into the criminal justice system (Valentine 2009:1007-1008). Minority groups are not the only groups being affected by the failing school …show more content…
The school failure hypothesis believes that school failure for adolescents with learning disabilities is an excessive step that leads to other events, such as rejection by peers or academic difficulties, and juvenile court involvement. The susceptibility hypothesis believes that adolescents with learning disabilities have cognitive, neurological, and intellectual difficulties that make them vulnerable to engage in delinquent behavior. Lastly, the differential treatment hypothesis believes that adolescents with learning disabilities are no more involved with delinquent activities that their nondisabled peers. In this particular hypothesis, the adolescents are not a fault, but rather the reaction of authority figures involved with the adolescent are to blame (Mallett 2014:148-149). As time went by, things only seemed to get worse for students in the education