Aaron Kupchik is Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. He is the author of many books including Homeroom Security: School Discipline in an Age of Fear and The Real School Safety Problem: The Long-Term Consequences of Harsh School Punishment. His book Judging Juveniles: Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts won the 2007 American Society of Criminology Michael J. Hindelang Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in Criminology.

• Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Too Much Discipline 1 A New Regime (with Nicole L. Bracy) 2 Protecting Our Children: Discipline Practices at School 3 A Blue Line on the Chalkboard: Police Presence in Schools (with Nicole L. Bracy) 4 Teaching to the Rules 5 Unequal Discipline Conclusion: Undoing the Harm Epilogue Appendix: Research Methods and Analysis Notes Index About the Author

"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) "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) "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) "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)