Examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of young American teens. This volume focuses on how discipline and punishment at school has evolved.

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Discipline and punishment at school : an overview / Gale Encyclopedia of Everyday Law -- College students attending a state university must be granted a hearing before expulsion : the US Court of Appeals' decision / Richard Rives -- College disciplinary systems are a necessary element of higher education / Edward N. Stoner and Sheldon E. Steinbach -- College disciplinary codes and approaches should not be legalistic / Peter F. Lake -- Students must be granted a hearing before being suspended or expelled by a school in accordance with the fourteenth amendment : the US Supreme Court's decision / Byron White -- School expulsion : a life sentence? / Sarah Biehl -- School zero tolerance policies are a legal and effective means of discipline / National School Boards Association -- School zero tolerance policies unfairly criminalize children / John W. Whitehead -- Corporal punishment administered at school does not constitute cruel and unusual punishment : the US Supreme Court's decision / Lews F. Powell Jr. -- Corporal punishment should be banned in all schools / Laura W. Murphy, Deborah J. Vagins, and Alison Parker -- The mother of a student who was subjected to corporal punishment urges lawmakers to outlaw its use in schools : personal narrative / Linda Pee -- Domestic violence laws do not prohibit parents from using corporal punishment as a discipline tool : the State Court of Appeals' decision / Mark P. Painter -- Corporal punishment does not constitute child abuse : the state Supreme Court's decision / Alan C. Page -- Sending teenagers to boot camps / Professor's House -- Teen boot camps are ineffective and dangerous / Maia Szalavitz -- World wide association of specialty programs and schools sued by ex-students claiming abuse / Jennifer Dobner.