Suspensions and detentions in an urban, low-income school: Punishment or reward?

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 361-371

  Atkins, Marc S ^a   McKay, Mary M ^b   Frazier, Stacy L ^a   Jakobsons, Lara J ^a   Arvanitis, Patrice ^a   Cunningham, Tim ^a   Brown, Catherine ^c   Lambrecht, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Punishment; School discipline; School violence; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETENTION; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PROBATION; PUNISHMENT; REWARD; SCHOOL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; TEACHER; URBAN AREA; WINTER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; LEARNING DISORDER; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOMETRIC STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POVERTY; PUNISHMENT; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0036689033     PISSN: 00910627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015765924135     Document Type: Article

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