School to Prison Pipeline/Restorative Justice

After having watched the two short clips about incarceration of youths,(Book 'Em:undereducated, over incarcerated & School to Prison Pipeline)I saw how over exaggerated minor offenses are in urban public school systems across the US. Its a sad realization that minor mistakes that adolescences make are being reprimanded through police force and not through having the student reflect on their actions. In having grown up and gone to school in an urban area, I myself have witnessed fellow classmates lose their cools and be expelled. In times like those I remember thinking that it was unfair the way the students were treated and wondered if anyone else would ever see their sides of the story. People fail to realize the way suspension or expulsion is very much the gateway to incarceration or worse.
As a perspective educator where do I fall into play here? What will I do when faced with instances where there are students whom are acting out, misbehaving, or having dangerous outbursts? It would be easier to have them expelled or suspended, but not the most effective. Ultimately a goal of an educator should be to have your students become independent but also know that you are there for them and to help the student. In having them suspended you would only leave them with resentment or a hatred for school. There have to be better ways to have students take account for their actions but not to the extents of involving law enforcement if really not needed. Alternatives such as those implemented in Denver where students are made accountable for their actions and aware of what they've done.