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Forging Law Enforcement/School System Partnerships: Using Youth Diversion
Programs to Address the School-to-Prison Pipeline

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Susan A. McCarter , Melissa Neal , Veronica Foster , and Cara L. Evans-Patterson 3

Susan A. McCarter, Ph.D.,

The University of North Carolina Charlotte

Melissa Neal, DrPH.,

Policy Research Associates, Inc.

Veronica (Vicki) Foster, Assistant Chief of Police,

Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department

Cara L. Evans-Patterson, Youth Diversion Program Manager
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department

1 College of Health and Human Services, The University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte,
NC, USA
2 Policy Research Associates, Inc.
3 Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department

Corresponding Author:
Susan A. McCarter, College of Health and Human Services – CHHS 499, The University of North
Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223-0001, USA
Email: smccarter@uncc.edu

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