OBJECTIVES Developed to keep youth in school and out of court, the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program allows youth to avoid arrest for specified school-based summary and misdemeanor offenses. This study examined whether diverted youth were also less likely to experience exclusionary discipline, both in response to the referring incident and in the following calendar year. HYPOTHESES We predicted that diverted youth-compared to youth arrested in schools the year before program implementation-would have been less likely to receive a suspension for their school-based incident, receive a suspension in the year following the incident, and be referred for permanent school removal in the year following the incident. METHOD Using a quasi-experimental design, we examined data from 1,281 diverted youth and 531 comparable youth arrested in Philadelphia schools in the year before program implementation. These 1,812 students (67% male, 75% Black) ranged from 10 to 22 years of age. After using propensity score matching techniques, we conducted mixed-effects logistic regression analyses to compare the matched groups on 3 outcomes: incident-related suspension, postincident suspension, and postincident referral for permanent school removal. RESULTS No statistically significant group differences in likelihood of incident-related suspension emerged; however, age and gender moderated the relationship between diverted/arrested status and incident-related suspension. Diverted youth were less likely than matched arrested youth to experience both postincident suspension and postincident permanent school removal referral. CONCLUSIONS The Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program shows promise in reducing the likelihood that youth will experience future exclusionary discipline following a school-based incident. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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通过逮捕前转移让孩子留在学校：费城警察学校转移计划的学校纪律结果。

目标 费城警察学校分流计划旨在让青少年留在学校和出庭，使青少年能够避免因特定的基于学校的简易犯罪和轻罪而被捕。这项研究检查了被转移的青年是否也不太可能经历排他性纪律，无论是对转介事件的反应还是在接下来的日历年。假设 我们预测，与计划实施前一年在学校被捕的青少年相比，被转移的青少年不太可能因学校事件而被停学，在事件发生后的一年内被停学，并被永久转介事件发生后一年的学校撤离。方法 使用准实验设计，我们检查了来自 1、计划实施前一年，在费城学校逮捕了 281 名被转移的青少年和 531 名类似的青少年。这 1,812 名学生（67% 为男性，75% 为黑人）年龄在 10 至 22 岁之间。在使用倾向得分匹配技术后，我们进行了混合效应逻辑回归分析，以比较匹配组的 3 个结果：事件相关停学、事件后停学和事件后转介永久退学。结果 与事故相关的停学可能性没有出现统计学上显着的组间差异；然而，年龄和性别调节了被转移/被捕状态与事件相关停职之间的关系。与匹配的被捕青年相比，被改行的青年经历事件后停学和事件后永久退学转介的可能性较小。结论 费城警察学校转移计划在减少青少年在学校事件后遭受未来排斥性纪律的可能性方面显示出希望。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2021 APA，保留所有权利）。