School Uniform Dress Codes: Are They The Answer?

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ools. Members take the lives of others who are not part of a particular gang, just because their gang wears a different color. "Uniforms eliminate the need to monitor the constantly changing gang fashions, and these policies also eliminate the need to determine whether schools can ban a particular article of clothing" (Wilson 9). "Students may be mistaken for gang members if they accidentally wear a certain color or style. In Los Angeles, a six-year-old girl was beaten to death when her attackers thought her red sweater showed she was connected with a local gang" (Cruz 17).
Student attendance and self-esteem has been an issue discussed since implementing dress codes as well. The cruelty students expel onto other students for not having the right 'jeans' or 'jacket' is detrimental to some. Students no longer want to attend school and their self-esteem level drops dramatically: some have even committed suicide. "Long Beach Superintendent Carl A. Cohn reported that during the first year school crime decreased by 36 percent, fig...