Messy, Butch, and Queer: LGBTQ Youth and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Journal of Adolescent Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 57-82

  Snapp, Shannon D ^a   Hoenig, Jennifer M ^a   Fields, Amanda ^a   Russell, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bullying; Intersectionality; LGBTQ youth; School discipline; School to prison pipeline; Victimization; Zero tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918539010     PISSN: 07435584     EISSN: 15526895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0743558414557625     Document Type: Article

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