Program Profile: Adolescent Diversion Project (Michigan State University)

This is a strengths-based, university-led program that diverts arrested youth from formal processing in the juvenile justice system and provides them with community-based services.

Evidence Rating: Effective | More than one study

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This is a strengths-based, university-led program that diverts arrested youth from formal processing in the juvenile justice system and provides them with community-based services. The program is rated Effective. Participants in the program had statistically significant lower rates of official delinquency, compared with control group youth. However, there was no statistically significant difference between groups in self-reported delinquency.

An Effective rating implies that implementing the program is likely to result in the intended outcome(s).

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes at least one high-quality randomized controlled trial.

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes either 1) one study conducted in multiple sites; or 2) two or three studies, each conducted at a different site. Learn about how we make the multisite determination.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 13 - 15

Gender: Male, Female

Race/Ethnicity: White, Black, Other

Geography: Suburban Urban

Setting (Delivery): Other Community Setting

Program Type: Conflict Resolution/Interpersonal Skills, Diversion, Mentoring, Wraparound/Case Management

Targeted Population: Young Offenders

Current Program Status: Active

William S. Davidson
University Distinguished Professor
Michigan State Diversion Program

317 Physics Road, 132 Psychology Building
MI 48824–1116
United States

Phone: 517.353.5015
Email