Journal article
Dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline: The Philadelphia police school diversion program
Children and youth services review, v 101, pp 61-69
01 Jun 2019
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Abstract
Exclusionary discipline practices have made schools among the primary referral sources to the juvenile justice system, helping create and perpetuate the school-to prison pipeline. To dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline in Philadelphia, the City's police department initiated the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program and collaborated with the City's school district, Department of Human Services (DHS), and other child-serving agencies to design and implement the program. This program diverts at-risk youth from school-based arrest and into community-based services to address identified needs. All students, ages 10 and older, without prior adjudications or open cases, who have committed designated summary or misdemeanor offenses on school grounds, are enrolled in this program and connected with a DHS-sponsored service provider-rather than facing arrest and automatic removal from school through suspension, expulsion, or disciplinary transfer. The Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program has been cited as a model of collaborative partnerships to address the school-to-prison pipeline. This paper describes the school-to-prison pipeline's creation; established diversionary efforts to keep students out of the justice system; and the development, procedures, implications, and limitations of the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program.
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- Title
- Dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline: The Philadelphia police school diversion program
- Creators
- Naomi E. S. Goldstein - Department of Psychology, Drexel University and The Stoneleigh Foundation, United StatesLindsey M. Cole - Department of Psychology, Drexel University and The Stoneleigh Foundation, United StatesMark Houck - Department of Psychology, Drexel University and The Stoneleigh Foundation, United StatesEmily Haney-Caron - Department of Psychology, Drexel University and The Stoneleigh Foundation, United StatesStephanie Brooks Holliday - Department of Psychology, Drexel University and The Stoneleigh Foundation, United StatesRena Kreimer - Department of Psychology, Drexel University and The Stoneleigh Foundation, United StatesKevin Bethel - Department of Psychology, Drexel University and The Stoneleigh Foundation, United States
- Publication Details
- Children and youth services review, v 101, pp 61-69
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- 2014-JZ-FX-K0003 / U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention under the School Justice Collaboration Program: Keeping Kids in School and Out of Court Category 1: Local School Justice Collaboration Program to evaluate the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology); Thomas R. Kline School of Law
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000469154000007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85063549661
- Other Identifier
- 991019302021804721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Family Studies
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