Zero tolerance

Zero tolerance is a strict approach to rule enforcement. It can be used as
the basis of formal laws in a country or region, or in a smaller
enviornment, such as a school.

As the name suggests, zero tolerance policies allow for absolutely no levels
of tolerance or compromise for violators of the law in question. There will
be no varying levels of punishment under zero tolerance, only the most severe.

For example, if a school has a zero tolerance policy in regards to students
carrying weapons, a student who brings a knife to school might be suspended
instantly. Another such example would be the drug laws of a nation such as
Singapore, in which all drug dealers who are found guilty are executed.

In the United States students have been suspended or expelled from school
for being in possession of over-the-counter drugs such as aspirin or for
seemingly innocent activities such as drawing figures of military tanks and
airplanes in their notebooks.

Like most approaches to law enforcement, zero tolerance policies are often
controversial. The controversy stems from the fact that these policies go
overboard and might not actually prevent the behavior they are supposed to
control. For example, in Colorado Springs, a 6 year old was suspended under
the school's zero tolerance for drugs policy when the boy gave another
student a lemon drops. In another Colorado case in Greeley, three boys faced
expulsion under a zero tolerance for guns policy because they were seen
playing with squirt guns.

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