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Predictors Of Zero Tolerance Policy Violations Among High School And Middle School Students, Anthony J. Roberson
Predictors Of Zero Tolerance Policy Violations Among High School And Middle School Students, Anthony J. Roberson
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This study embarked on identifying social and economic variables to predict violations of zero tolerance policies. The objective of this study was to identify a set of variables that may predict circumstance that lead a student to violate zero tolerance policies. This study explored whether a set of five risk factors: (i) grade level, (ii) retention, (iii) suspension, (iv) race, and (v) gender can predict the criterion variable, zero tolerance policies violation. The research design supports the examination of the null hypothesis of no predictive relationship between the predictor variables grade level, suspension, race, and gender and the criterion variable …