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1. • • 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.
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   What is “diversion” in juvenile justice?

   • I. What Is Diversion? The emergence of “diversion” as a specifically delineated and widely practiced form of intervention in criminal justice, particularly in youth or juvenile justice, has inevitably been accompanied by attempts to understand and analyze the structures, policies, processes, and outcomes associated with it.

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   What is point-of-arrest youth diversion?

   • 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.

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   Does youth diversion reduce crime?

   • Effective monitoring of outcomes and feedback to partners should be embedded within schemes. There is a strong evidence base that youth diversion is a better way of addressing low-level criminal behaviour than formal criminal justice processing. Youth diversion can reduce crime, cut costs, and lead to better outcomes for children.

   Diversion - Criminal Justice Inspectorates

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   Should diversion be a part of the youth justice system?

   • diversion is away from the youth justice system, or away from offending behaviour, with, again, the first requiring only the diversion and the second suggesting that there should be some work to reduce offending-related factors or strengthen protective factors. Studies evaluating the impact of diversion programmes have produced varying results.

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   What is a diversion program?

   • According to the National Center on Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, services delivered through diversion programs typically occur in the community either on school campuses, on community sites, or in the youth’s home. What are the Benefits of Diversion Programs? The benefits of diversion programs have been well documented.

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   What does “diversion from criminal justice” mean?

   • In this sense, we can understand it as “diversion from criminal justice” as distinct from “diversion toward some alternative form of intervention” as a way of responding to an offense. On the one hand, then, diversion could simply mean doing nothing; that is, not taking formal action of any kind against an offender.

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   Diversion is where children with a linked offence receive an alternative outcome that does not result in a criminal record, avoids escalation into the formal youth justice system and associated stigmatisation.

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   Oct 27, 2023 · Background. There is a strong evidence base that youth diversion is a better way of addressing low-level criminal behaviour than formal criminal justice processing. Youth diversion...

5. yjlc.uk › resources › legal-updatesSix steps forward for diversion in the youth justice system

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   • Diversion being added to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) definitions;
   • The YJB published a new guide on how to complete annual justice plans. This includes guidance on how to cover diversion in youth justice plans;
   • The Youth Gravity Matrix has been reviewed. This tool is helpful in determining if the child is eligible for an out of court disposal so is crucial as a gateway to diversion;
   • The “Child first approach” promoted by the YJB has become mainstream amongst Youth Justice Services across the country and is now spreading into other areas of the youth justice system;

6. youth.gov › juvenile-justice › diversion-programsDiversion Programs - Youth.gov

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   This guidebook clarifies what diversion is, discusses how to best develop and improve diversion programs, and describes effective models of change within juvenile diversion. Included is a Juvenile Diversion Workbook that provides practitioners with structure during their planning and implementation processes.

7. justiceinnovation.org › publications › six-stepsSix steps forward for diversion in the youth justice system

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   These steps make us hopeful for the future of diversion schemes, and the positive impact they can have on children’s lives.We hope this will inspire areas to reflect on and develop their own practice.

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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.

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   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 ...