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The Price Kids Pay: Schools and Police Punish Students With Costly Tickets for Minor Misbehavior

· By Jodi S. Cohen, Jennifer Smith Richards, Armando L. Sanchez, and Laila Milevski
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The courthouse lobby echoed like a crowded school cafeteria. Teenagers in sweatshirts and sneakers gossiped and scrolled on their phones as they clutched the yellow tickets that police had issued them at school.

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