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The purpose of diversion programs is to redirect youthful offenders from the justice system through programming, supervision, and supports. Arguments that support diversion programs include the following: Diverting youth who have committed minor offenses away from the system and towards community-based treatment involving the youth's family and ...
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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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Oct 27, 2023 · Youth diversion can reduce crime, cut costs, and lead to better outcomes for children. Diversion is a term that can refer to several different concepts and has no fixed meaning in the law in...
Introduction. Point-of-arrest youth diversion gives young people the chance to avoid both formal criminal justice processing and a criminal record, in return for the completion of community-based interventions. Youth diversion is an increasingly well-embedded practice in England and Wales: research by the Centre for Justice Innovation in 2019 ...
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- Does JuveNile DiverSion Work?
- Which Youth Should Be DivertEd from formal Court Processing?
- How ComMon Is JuveNile Diversion?
- Could More Youth Be SafeLy Diverted?
- Who Decides to Divert Youth? When?
- Is JuveNile DiverSion ConSisTent from Place to place?
- Are There DisParITies in DiverSion For Juveniles?
- What happens When A Youth Is DivertEd from The JuveNile JusTice System?
- What’s The difference Between DiverSion and Probation?
- What DiverSion practices Are CounTerProDucTive For JuveNile Justice?
Yes, diversion is more effective in reducing recidivism than conventional judicial interventions according to peer-reviewed research. When youth assessed as low risk are diverted, they are 45% less likely to reoffend than comparable youth facing formal court processing. In other words, it’s more effective for juvenile courts...
As a rule, young people should be diverted unless they demonstrate a significant threat to public safety; for example, they have been accused of committing a serious violent felony or have a history of serious or chronic offending.
In 2018, 41% of juvenile referrals nationwide were diverted, according to the federal Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention. Of the 59% of U.S. delinquency referrals that were formally processed, only 6% were for violent offenses. “A significant share of cases formally processed still involve youth who are a...
The Casey Foundation calculates that at least 60% of juvenile cases — and likely a larger percentage — could be safely diverted if formal probation was limited to only youth with serious offenses or those otherwise assessed to be a risk to public safety. Some jurisdictions have already met or exceeded that target. For ins...
Juvenile diversion decisions are most often made by police officers, educators, prosecutors, judges or other court staff and can occur at any of three stages: 1. Prior to arrest:The first opportunity for diversion is for police officers not to make an arrest or for school officials not to involve police or initiate a court refer...
No, diversion practices vary quite a bit from place to place, with variations related to: 1. when diversion occurs, such as pre-arrest, pre-prosecution or pre-adjudication; 2. who makes the diversion decision (for example, police, prosecution, probation or the court); 3. the eligibility and exclusion criteria, both written ...
Yes, youth of color are diverted from juvenile court far less frequently than their white peers. Despite having policies that are meant to be equitable, system decision makers are more likely to divert white youth from formal prosecution — and to deem them successfully diverted — than their peers of color. The best national da...
Depending on individual circumstances, diversion can range in intensity. Options include warn and release — which means that parents, guardians, school staff and others in the community, rather than the justice system, address the misconduct — and restorative justice practices, which use mediation to reach resolutions. For ...
Diversion differs from probation in several fundamental ways. 1. Diverted youth should never be assigned to probation or supervised by a probation officer. 2. There should be no possibility of placement or confinement for failure in diversion. This means that diverted youth should never be subject to court-ordered condi...
“Juvenile courts and probation agencies should abandon the practice of placing diverted youth on informal probation caseloads, essentially “probation lite,”” Monroe says. Jurisdictions need to institute safeguards so diversion doesn’t lead to counterproductive net widening, where diversion programs end up serving youn...
Apr 18, 2024 · Diversion Impact: How are youth who are offered diversion faring in the short term (entering diversion and completing successfully) and long term (avoiding subsequent involvement in the justice system, improving their well being, and achieving other important life goals).
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Jan 23, 2024 · This chapter reviews the emergence and development of youth diversion and addresses the question of how we define and measure its achievements. Recurrent features of diversion are identified, such as the tension between minimum intervention and a preventive program–based approach.
