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1. • • Diversion programs allow criminal justice actors to send defendants out of the court system, compelling them instead to attend treatment programs, participate in educational opportunities, and/or perform community service. These programs exist for both adult and juvenile offenders.
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   What is a diversion program?

   • State v. Leonardis United States v. Armstrong Diversion programs allow criminal justice actors to send defendants out of the court system, compelling them instead to attend treatment programs, participate in educational opportunities, and/or perform community service. These programs exist for both adult and juvenile offenders.

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   What is diversion in juvenile justice?

   • Diversion includes decisions, programs, or services to, under certain circumstances, steer youth away from formal processing in the juvenile justice system. The decision to use diversion instead of judicial proceedings can be made by law enforcement officers, educators, prosecutors, judges, or other court staff, depending on the jurisdiction.

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   What is diversion in the justice system?

   • stem Decision Points: Diversion Opportunities, Purposes, and Decision-MakersOne of the conditions that confounds discussions about diversion is the fact that it is not a static intervention applied at just one step in the justice system. Rather, justice system professionals may utilize diversion at any one of four key decisio

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   When did federal diversion programs start?

   • Federal diversion programs got off to a slow start. Among the earliest federal diversion programs are the Eastern District of New York’s Special Options Services (SOS) program (created in 2000) and the Central District of Illinois’ Pretrial Alternatives to Detention (PADI) program (2004). But there was little else.

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   What is a youth diversion program?

   • Among the most promising recent developments in youth diversion is the growing focus on restorative justice alternatives to formal court processing. Restorative justice diversion programs require youth to focus on and repair the harm caused by their misconduct, and often include face-to-face meetings with victims.

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   Why do police support assisted diversion (lead) programmes?

   • In the USA, some officers are supportive of Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) programmes because it represents a tool to help people in need, whereas others view it as outside the scope of their functions, letting drug offenders ‘off the hook’ and enabling addiction (Collins et al. 2015, Beckett 2016, Worden and McLean 2018).

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   Mar 20, 2024 · Diversion is the decision to address a young person’s alleged misconduct outside of the formal justice system, either prior to an arrest being made or after referral to juvenile court on delinquency charges.

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   In this series, we have examined what diversion is and what it is not, the four primary purposes of diversion, whether diversion contributes to public safety, and how the “what works” research can be used to determine who should be

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   Nov 2, 2022 · Police-initiated diversion programs are an increasingly common intervention to prevent excessive arrests of vulnerable populations. This systematic literature review carefully examined...

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   May 16, 2021 · In the USA, some officers are supportive of Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) programmes because it represents a tool to help people in need, whereas others view it as outside the scope of their functions, letting drug offenders ‘off the hook’ and enabling addiction (Collins et al.

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   Nov 30, 2023 · While a recent study by the U.S. Sentencing Commission concluded that recidivism is lower for federal defendants sentenced to five or more years in prison, but not for defendants receiving lower...

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   May 23, 2022 · Diversion is a general term for decisions, programs or services that steer youth away from formal processing in the juvenile justice system if they fall within particular categories or are willing to comply with specific requirements.