In recent years, the relationship between educational institutions and the juvenile justice system, once created to protect children, has shown an ultimatum for minors through “zero tolerance” policies ” that involve sending individuals from school to prison to pipeline. Studies have shown that these policies are neither beneficial to students nor to the educational environment that should be provided to children. Opponents argue that the policies promote safety, but through this research it can be concluded that the policies actually increase danger. Studies demonstrate factors that influence the implementation of these policies that include media, sociopolitical atmosphere, and racial disproportionality, but there are viable solutions to this problem that can be explored. This study addresses the phenomenon of students experiencing a transfer from school directly into the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems. Heitzeg (2010, 1) presents how this study attempts to explain how the pipeline emerged with the help of the media and youth violence. In addition to the media, the process of moving young people into the pipeline is also due to the authorities' tendency to target young people based on racial, social and economic background (Heitzeg, 2010). The implementation of zero tolerance policies shows a trend among African American and Hispanic/Latino youth. “African American students are reported for misbehavior that is less severe and more subjective than White students” (Fowler, 2011, p.17). According to a study conducted by the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University (2005), “the primary indicator of future involvement in the juvenile system is a history of disciplinary referrals in school.” of paper...a clear definition of what the school-prison path is and why it continues to exist. I see the problems that have occurred because of this policy. Research gives me the advantage of providing unconstitutionality This is not just a morally wrong problem, it is unjust. The literature provides me with information on why the courts are not taking action and possible solutions to bear without depending on legislators to act a direct target and the literature also provides information on who that target group is and why they are so easily targeted. Works Cited Aull, I. H. (2012, Frivolous Juvenile Court Referrals, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Using Arbitration). as a screening method to help connect the pipeline. Ohio State Journal of Dispute Resolution, 27(1), 179-206.