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The key outcome is that opportunities to engage with support and services are created, and that there is no declarable criminal record to blight someone’s life-chances. Police forces across the UK have developed different approaches; Transform has more details of these schemes available on request. Diversion should not be viewed as a ‘soft option’.
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...
Mar 19, 2021 · We identified five prevalent study outcomes categories: (a) Service utilization (program retention and completion), (b) Recidivism/criminality, (c) Substance use, (d) Psychosocial functioning, and (e) Other outcomes (e.g., trauma, quality of life, and housing).
- Robin Lindquist-Grantz, Peter Mallow, Leah Dean, Michelle Lydenberg, Jennifer Chubinski
- 2021
Dec 1, 2022 · We identified four essential principles, developed through thematic groupings of context-mechanism-outcome configurations, to articulate key drivers of the effectiveness of diversion programmes: coordination between services; development and maintenance of relationships; addressing major risk factors; and stabilisation through diversion programmes.
Diversion programmes, centred on minimal intervention and diverting children from the formal justice system, are not only compatible with these developmental realities but also align with the goal of the YJS to facilitate a successful, prosocial transition into adulthood while holding young people accountable for their
Two years after introduction of the policy, formal criminal justice outcomes had fallen by 71% for charges and 80% for cautions. Formal criminal justice outcomes fell for all ethnic groups for Simple Possession offences between July to December 2019 and July to December 2021.
By addressing the root causes of community instability—challenges such as food and housing insecurity, joblessness, lack of educational resources, and unmet mental health needs—diversion programs not only help improve long-term community safety and reduce crime but have also proven to be cost-efficient.
