Using data collected during an LEAA-funded evaluation of Connecticut's Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders Project, this paper compares the effects of diversion programs with those of juvenile court processing on subsequent delinquency. The results indicate that it makes no difference, with respect to official recidivism, whether status offenders experience juvenile court processing or a diversion program. Thus, there is no support for one program over the other on the basis of either deterrent or negative labeling effects. (Author abstract)