Reviews
"In his compelling, important book about American schools and discipline, Kupchik, a professor of sociology at the University of Delaware, punctures the myth that tighter security measures stemmed from Columbine or any other school shooting." Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe"Kupchik's writing is meticulous and even-handed, even praising the officers whose methods he strongly disagrees with." Salon.com"Few issues are more important to parents than school violence. . . . This is research of prime quality that is readable and rigorous on an issue of extraordinary public importance and interest." Jonathan Simon, author of Governing through Crime"Kupchik provides a compelling and detailed overview of the current discipline environment in today's schools . . . Kupchik builds the case that the recent law-and-order approach to student behavior may have many negative consequences, such as developing a population that never questions authority while not accomplishing the goal of keeping students safer." VOYA Library Magazine"In this reevaluation of efforts to address school safety, Kupchik finds that recent attempts to reduce school violence have resulted in actions that contribute to the problem rather than correct it." R. Roth, Choice Magazine, "Few issues are more important to parents than school violence. . . . This is research of prime quality that is readable and rigorous on an issue of extraordinary public importance and interest." - Jonathan Simon, author of Governing through Crime, "In his compelling, important book about American schools and discipline, Kupchik, a professor of sociology at the University of Delaware, punctures the myth that tighter security measures stemmed from Columbine or any other school shooting." -Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe, "In his compelling, important book about American schools and discipline, Kupchik, a professor of sociology at the University of Delaware, punctures the myth that tighter security measures stemmed from Columbine or any other school shooting." Kate Tuttle, Boston Globe "Kupchik's writing is meticulous and even-handed, even praising the officers whose methods he strongly disagrees with." Salon.com "Few issues are more important to parents than school violence. . . . This is research of prime quality that is readable and rigorous on an issue of extraordinary public importance and interest." Jonathan Simon, author of Governing through Crime "Kupchik provides a compelling and detailed overview of the current discipline environment in today's schools . . . Kupchik builds the case that the recent law-and-order approach to student behavior may have many negative consequences, such as developing a population that never questions authority while not accomplishing the goal of keeping students safer." VOYA Library Magazine "In this reevaluation of efforts to address school safety, Kupchik finds that recent attempts to reduce school violence have resulted in actions that contribute to the problem rather than correct it." R. Roth, Choice Magazine, ( "Kupchik provides a compelling and detailed overview of the current discipline environment in today's schools . . . Kupchik builds the case that the recent law-and-order appraoch to student behavior may have many negative consequences, such as developing a population that never questions authority while not accomplishing the goal of keeping students safer." )-(VOYA Library Magazine),( VOYA Library Magazine ), Kupchik provides a compelling and detailed overview of the current discipline environment in today's schools . . . Kupchik builds the case that the recent law-and-order appraoch to student behavior may have many negative consequences, such as developing a population that never questions authority while not accomplishing the goal of keeping students safer., "In this reevaluation of efforts to address school safety, Kupchik finds that recent attempts to reduce school violence have resulted in actions that contribute to the problem rather than correct it." -R. Roth, Choice Magazine, Kupchik provides a compelling and detailed overview of the current discipline environment in today's schools . . . Kupchik builds the case that the recent law-and-order approach to student behavior may have many negative consequences, such as developing a population that never questions authority while not accomplishing the goal of keeping students safer., "Few issues are more important to parents than school violence. . . . This is research of prime quality that is readable and rigorous on an issue of extraordinary public importance and interest." -Jonathan Simon,author of Governing through Crime, "Kupchik provides a compelling and detailed overview of the current discipline environment in today's schools . . . Kupchik builds the case that the recent law-and-order approach to student behavior may have many negative consequences, such as developing a population that never questions authority while not accomplishing the goal of keeping students safer." -VOYA Library Magazine, VOYA Library Magazine, "In his compelling, important book about American schools and discipline, Kupchik, a professor of sociology at the University of Delaware, punctures the myth that tighter security measures stemmed from Columbine or any other school shooting." - Kate Tuttle,Boston Globe, "Kupchik's writing is meticulous and even-handed, even praising the officers whose methods he strongly disagrees with." -Salon.com ,, In this reevaluation of efforts to address school safety, Kupchik finds that recent attempts to reduce school violence have resulted in actions that contribute to the problem rather than correct it., Homeroom Security persuasively raises alarm over the arbitrary and pernicious rules to which students are subjected. [Kupchik] warns that such practices run the risk of creating docile subjects rather than critical citizens, an essential ingredient for a strong democracy., Kupchik's writing is meticulous and even-handed, even praising the officers whose methods he strongly disagrees with., "Few issues are more important to parents than school violence. . . . This is research of prime quality that is readable and rigorous on an issue of extraordinary public importance and interest." - Jonathan Simon, author ofGoverning through Crime, "Kupchik's writing is meticulous and even-handed, even praising the officers whose methods he strongly disagrees with." - Salon, ( "In this reevaluation of efforts to address school safety, Kupchik finds that recent attempts to reduce school violence have resulted in actions that contribute to the problem rather than correct it." )-(R. Roth),( Choice Magazine ), "Very few collections of Sanskrit deep enough for research are housed anywhere in North America. Now, twenty-five hundred years after the death of Shakyamuni Buddha, the ambitious Clay Sanskrit Library may remedy this state of affairs." - Tricycle, "Kupchik provides a compelling and detailed overview of the current discipline environment in today's schools . . . Kupchik builds the case that the recent law-and-order appraoch to student behavior may have many negative consequences, such as developing a population that never questions authority while not accomplishing the goal of keeping students safer." -VOYA Library Magazine, VOYA Library Magazine, "Kupchik's writing is meticulous and even-handed, even praising the officers whose methods he strongly disagrees with." - Salon ,, "No effort has been spared to make these little volumes as attractive as possible to readers: the paper is of high quality, the typesetting immaculate. The founders of the series are John and Jennifer Clay, and Sanskritists can only thank them for an initiative intended to make the classics of an ancient Indian language accessible to a modern international audience." - The Times Higher Education Supplement, Few issues are more important to parents than school violence. . . . This is research of prime quality that is readable and rigorous on an issue of extraordinary public importance and interest., "Homeroom Security persuasively raises alarm over the arbitrary and pernicious rules to which students are subjected. [Kupchik] warns that such practices run the risk of creating docile subjects rather than critical citizens, an essential ingredient for a strong democracy."- Social Forces, "In this reevaluation of efforts to address school safety, Kupchik finds that recent attempts to reduce school violence have resulted in actions that contribute to the problem rather than correct it." -R. Roth, Choice, In his compelling, important book about American schools and discipline, Kupchik, a professor of sociology at the University of Delaware, punctures the myth that tighter security measures stemmed from Columbine or any other school shooting., "The books line up on my shelf like bright Bodhisattvas ready to take tough questions or keep quiet company. They stake out a vast territory, with works from two millennia in multiple genres: aphorism, lyric, epic, theater, and romance." - Willis G. Regier, The Chronicle Review
