#9475. Collateral Consequences of School Suspension: Examining the ‘Knifing off’ Hypothesis

September 2026publication date
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Sociology and Political Science;
Social Psychology;
Applied Psychology;
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Abstract:
School exclusionary practices are routinely used in response to undesired behaviors in the school environment and have been shown to have resulted in unintentional or collateral consequences for youth, including increased risk of arrest, offending behavior, and incarceration. Little research has been done on how school exclusion impacts interaction with prosocial peers and involvement in prosocial opportunities. This study applies the labeling perspective’s knifing off concept to examine whether prosocial exposures and deviant peer associations mediate the relationship between school suspension, arrest, and offending behavior. Using data from the LONGSCAN study, we examined whether suspension led to changes in prosocial peer association and activity involvement, increases in deviant peer association, and ultimately arrest and offending behavior.
Keywords:
Arrest; Delinquency; Labeling; School suspension

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