ABSTRACT
Research on the school-to-prison pipeline must extend beyond discussion of formal policy problems and how youth draw on strategies, cultures, or ingenuity toward policy change and resistance. This chapter brings the reader inside of the subcultures and settings largely ignored in the school-to-prison pipeline debates. It challenges deficit thinking common in these debates and articulates the ways in which youth ecosystems provide “human and creative resources” for managing and challenging the school-to-prison pipeline.
