The article focuses on the link between adolescents involved with juvenile court, and school-related behaviour and discipline problems. The study conducted answered the question, “Why are adolescents with learning disabilities at a significantly higher risk for juvenile court involvement and detention?” (P.148). To answer the question, there were three competing hypotheses: school failure, susceptibility, and differential treatment. These hypotheses proposed possible answers to the overrepresentation of youthful offenders with disabilities in detention. Local jurisdictions got involved to…