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- Diversions programs in the United States began in 1947 when the Judicial Conference of the United States encouraged courts to place some juveniles under probation instead of prosecution, and in the 1960s, Michigan, Connecticut, Illinois, and New York had law authorizing treatment instead of prison for some adult offenders17.
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Mar 20, 2024 · Background. 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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Nationwide in 2019, 52% of delinquency cases involving white...
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- What Is Diversion and Why Is It So Important?
- Why Are Disparities at Diversion So Severe?
- Conclusion
Diversion is a decision to address delinquent conduct without involving a young person formally in the court system. This can be accomplished in one of two ways. 1. Pre-arrest diversionoccurs when authorities make a decision not to involve police, not to make an arrest, or not refer a case to juvenile court. 2. Pre-court diversion, or informal proc...
Disparities in diversion often emerge from subjective biases. Clear criteria for making diversion decisions are seldom spelled out in state laws, juvenile court procedures or probation department policy manuals. Instead, with little oversight and few objective guidelines, diversion decisions are highly subjective, making this stage of the process e...
The diversion stage of the juvenile court process should be a top priority for youth justice reform. Advocates should push for and system leaders must take aggressive action to address racial and ethnic disparities in diversion. Combined, reforms to expand and improve the use of diversion offer perhaps the most important and promising avenue curren...
- Richard Mendel
Feb 3, 2020 · There are a number of sources which helpfully map out aspects of the history of diversion in youth justice (Mays, 1965; Shore, 1999; Smith, 2018), and these tend to suggest a process of progressive recognition, formalisation and incorporation within the criminal justice system.
- Roger Smith
- 2021
Apr 18, 2024 · Expanding the use of pre-arrest and pre-court diversion, especially for youth of color, is an essential priority for reducing racial and ethnic disparities and promoting greater equity in youth justice.
Oct 16, 2017 · Diversion in youth justice is a subject of enduring interest. It concerns the processes by which decisions are made about whether or not to prosecute young offenders, and this book explores the continuing debates and historical developments which shape these processes.
- Roger Smith
- 2017
Although incarceration was historically believed to improve public safety, research suggests that it is ineffective in doing so and has a minimal impact, if any, on reducing crime. Instead, diversion programs target the underlying problems that led to the criminalized behavior in the first place.
Jan 23, 2024 · The chapter initially outlines the history of juvenile/youth diversion in the United Kingdom. Building on this, the chapter considers parallel developments in the United States and internationally, before moving on to report and reflect on the available reported evidence.
