Objectives

The over usage of exclusionary discipline to address school-based behaviors remains a substantive concern given the linkage between school discipline (e.g., suspensions, expulsions, and referrals to the juvenile justice system) and adulthood involvement in the legal system. Research on strategies to reduce the usage of exclusionary discipline remains limited, warranting the quasi-experimental evaluation of School Justice Partnerships (SJPs).

Methods

A statewide evaluation of the effects of SJPs on disciplinary actions for school-based behaviors at the county-level was conducted by estimating multi-level interrupted time series analyses using publicly available data.

Results

The results of the analyses suggested that the implementation of a SJP was associated with immediate and sustained reductions in the rate of complaints to juvenile justice, but immediate reductions in long-term suspensions that rebounded over time.

Conclusions

Improvements to the SJPs model should be implemented to ensure that the partnership is effective at reducing both referrals to juvenile justice and school disciplinary actions.

中文翻译：

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我们能否通过合作打破从学校到监狱的管道？学校司法伙伴关系效果的准实验评估

 目标

鉴于学校纪律（例如停学、开除和移交少年司法系统）与成年后参与法律制度之间的联系，过度使用排他性纪律来解决学校行为仍然是一个实质性问题。关于减少排斥性纪律使用的策略的研究仍然有限，需要对学校司法合作伙伴关系（SJP）进行准实验评估。

 方法

通过使用公开数据估计多级中断时间序列分析，对 SJP 对县级学校行为纪律处分的影响进行了全州范围的评估。

 结果

分析结果表明，SJP的实施与少年司法投诉率的立即和持续下降有关，但随着时间的推移，长期停学的情况会立即减少，并会反弹。

 结论

应改进 SJP 模式，以确保伙伴关系有效减少少年司法移交和学校纪律处分。