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Topic: Diversion| Title | Evidence Rating | Topics | Summary | RCT | ||
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| Program Profile: Detention Diversion Advocacy Program (DDAP) |
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Juvenile courts, Diversion, Violent offenders, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Case processing, Juvenile detention | This is a program that aims to divert youths charged with serious offenses from detention, with an overall goal of reducing recidivism. The program is rated Promising. Comparison group participants were more likely than treatment group participants to recidivate and to recidivate for a felony charge. Comparison group participants had a higher average number than treatment group participants of referrals and felony referrals. All differences were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Early Intervention Diversion Program (EIDP) (Los Angeles, Calif.) |
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Juvenile courts, Diversion, Treatment, Young juvenile offenders, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Juvenile justice | The program is an alternative to formal processing in the juvenile justice system. The overall goal is to reduce the number of youths entering the juvenile justice system, while also reducing recidivism. The program is rated Promising. Youths in the treatment group who participated in the diversion program had statistically significantly fewer rearrests, compared with youths in the comparison group who did not participate in the intervention. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Resilience, Opportunity, Safety, Education, Strength (ROSES) |
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Girls, Juvenile courts, Diversion, Truancy, Trauma, Case Management, Treatment, Diversion, Juvenile justice, Child health and welfare | This is a community-based, trauma-informed, gender-responsive advocacy intervention for girls 11 to 17 years old who are at risk for or already involved in the juvenile justice system. The program is rated Promising. Intervention group girls were less likely to engage in physical fights and minor status offending behavior (i.e., missing fewer days of school), compared with control group girls. These differences were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Milwaukee County (Wis.) Deferred Prosecution Program |
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Prosecution, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Courts, Diversion | This is a prosecutor-led pretrial diversion program to rehabilitate individuals convicted of misdemeanor or felony offenses who are at medium risk of reoffending. The program is rated No Effects. There were statistically significant reductions in cases dismissed for treatment group individuals, compared with control group individuals. However, there were no statistically significant differences in the 2-year rearrest rate or days to first rearrest. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Crossover Youth Practice Model |
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Family courts, Juvenile courts, Diversion, Children exposed to violence, Foster care/child welfare system, Crime prevention, Recidivism | This is a model that uses a conceptual plan and organizational framework to strengthen collaborations between child welfare and juvenile justice system professionals and partners to prevent or reduce youths’ involvement in the juvenile justice system or related systems of care. The program is rated Promising. Treatment group youth showed a statistically significant reduction in recidivism rates, compared with youth in the comparison groups. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Targeted RECLAIM (Ohio) |
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Diversion, Treatment, Comprehensive/wraparound services, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Civil courts, Juvenile detention, Juvenile justice | This is a diversion program intended to reduce juvenile recidivism by treating youths in the community in place of incarceration. This program is rated as Promising. Youths in the treatment group were statistically significantly less likely to be incarcerated during the 1-year follow-up, compared with youths in the control group. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Arches Transformative Mentoring Program |
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Diversion, Violent offenders, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections, Crime prevention, Juvenile delinquency, Child health and welfare | This is a group mentoring program that seeks to reduce recidivism of youth on probation in New York City, using an interactive journaling curriculum based on cognitive-behavioral principles. The program is rated No Effects. Program participants showed a statistically significant reduction in felony reconvictions, compared with comparison group youth at 24 months; however, there were no statistically significant differences on arrests, felony arrests, or reconvictions. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP) |
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Diversion, Crime prevention, Juvenile justice | This is an intervention designed to prevent future criminal activity among system-involved youth through using short-term, high-intensity relationships with paid mentors, referred to as Advocates. The program is rated Promising. Program participants showed statistically significant improvement in educational engagement and reductions in serious dispositions, compared with a comparison group. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Rapid Intervention Community Court (Chittenden County, Vt.) |
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Community courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Problem-solving courts, Diversion, Prosecution, Courts, Community courts, Intimate partner violence | This is a prosecutor-led diversion program for nonviolent defendants, which is designed to decrease the number of convictions and reduce recidivism while improving administrative efficiency and cost effectiveness. The program is rated No Effects. The program had a statistically significant effect on reducing the likelihood of conviction, but there was no statistically significant effect on recidivism for program participants, compared with comparison participants. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: YouthBuild Offender Program |
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Diversion, Reentry, Youth development, Jobs and workforce development, Positive youth development, Treatment, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Juvenile detention, Juvenile justice, Juvenile (under 18), Young adults (18-24), Employment initiatives | The program provides education, vocational training, and other youth-development services to low-income youths, ages 16–24, who have been convicted of a crime. The program is rated Promising. The program statistically significantly reduced recidivism and increased the likelihood of receiving a high school diploma, GED, trade license, or training certificate. However, there were no effects on enrollment in postsecondary courses, employment, or certain measures of youth development. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Cook County (Ill.) State Attorney's Deferred Prosecution Program (DPP) |
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Diversion, Sentencing, Courts | This is an alternative sentencing program aimed at diverting individuals who committed first-time nonviolent felony offenses from the criminal justice system. The program is rated No Effects. Results showed no statistically significant differences between the treatment group and comparison group on rearrests rates. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Free Talk |
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Juvenile courts, Alcohol-Related Offenses, Marijuana, Alcohol, Diversion, Youth/peer courts, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Juvenile delinquency, Substance abuse, Legal substances | This is a group, motivational interviewing program for adolescents with a first-time alcohol or drug offense. The goal of the program is to prevent negative consequences of alcohol and other drug use. This program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences between the intervention and comparison groups on past month frequency of alcohol, heavy drinking, or marijuana use; alcohol or marijuana consequences; recidivism; delinquency; and alcohol and other drug use. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Juvenile Restorative Justice Program (Midwest County) |
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Juvenile courts, Diversion, Victims of crime | This program provides an alternative to juvenile court processing for youths with justice system contact who may or may not have a criminal record. The program is rated Promising. Although there was no statistically significant difference between the treatment and comparison groups on rates of official police contact, the average number of days to re-arrest was statistically significantly lower for the treatment group (441.7 days) than for the comparison group (254.1 days). Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Avon Park Youth Academy and STREET Smart Aftercare Program |
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Training, Mental health, Diversion, Intake/assessment, Jobs and workforce development, Young juvenile offenders, Access to education, Reentry, Corrections, Correctional facilities, Juvenile detention, Juvenile justice, Inmate assistance programs, Employment initiatives | This program was located at a secure-custody residential facility that provided educational and vocational training to moderate-risk male youth. The program is rated No Effects. Participants showed a statistically significant greater likelihood of obtaining a degree, compared with nonparticipants. However, there were no statistically significant differences in any arrest for any offense overall and felony arrest specifically, employment, time employed, or higher education enrollment. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Brooklyn (NY) Mental Health Court |
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Mental health courts, Diversion, Courts | This program seeks to divert adults with mental illness diagnoses who have committed misdemeanor and felony offenses away from the justice system and into treatment. The goals of the program are to ensure participants receive treatment for their mental disorders and do not have future contact with the justice system. The program is rated Promising. Participants had a statistically significant lower likelihood of being rearrested and reconvicted, compared with the comparison group. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Minnesota's Enhanced Supervision Release Program |
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Parole, Probation, Community corrections, Corrections, Reentry, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Diversion, Courts | This was an intensive, supervised release program for persons at high risk for reoffense and who were mandated to residential treatment upon release from prison. The program gradually reduced restrictions as the persons on parole transitioned back into the community. The program is rated No Effects. Results showed no statistically significant effects on recidivism measures, including rearrest, revocation for technical violations, reconviction, and days in prison. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Juvenile Breaking the Cycle (JBTC) Program (Lane County, Oregon) |
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Drug courts, Juvenile courts, Marijuana, Alcohol, Mental health, Substance abuse, Diversion, Case Management, Treatment, Young juvenile offenders, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Diversion, Legal substances, Drugs, Drug treatment | Using comprehensive assessments, the program identified, provided, and coordinated individualized services for high-risk, drug-involved, justice-involved juveniles. This program is rated Effective. Results suggest that JBTC participants were significantly less likely to recidivate and had statistically significantly fewer arrests, compared with non-JBTC participants. However, the impact on self-reported drug use was mixed. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Bronx (NY) Mental Health Court |
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Mental health courts, Jails, Correctional facilities, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Problem-solving courts, Diversion, Rape and sexual assault | This is a problem-solving court program that seeks to divert mentally ill adults who committed misdemeanor and felony offenses out of the justice system and into treatment to address their mental health issues and reduce their risk of recidivism. The program is rated No Effects. There was no statistically significant effect on rearrests or reconvictions for treatment group participants, compared with similar individuals with a mental disorder in jail, at the 30-month follow-up. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Reading for Life (RFL) |
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Juvenile courts, Diversion, Young juvenile offenders, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Prosecution, Juvenile delinquency | This is a diversion program in which juveniles ages 13–18, who have committed non-violent offenses, study works of literature and classic virtue theory in small groups, led by trained volunteer mentors. The goal is to foster moral development and reduce recidivism. The program is rated Promising. Participants had a statistically significantly lower chance of being prosecuted for any offense (including misdemeanors and felonies) and fewer arrests than the comparison group. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Baltimore County (Md.) Juvenile Drug Court |
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Drug courts, Juvenile courts, Alcohol-Related Offenses, Substance abuse, Underage drinking, Diversion, Treatment, Problem-solving courts, Drug treatment | This program represents an alternative to traditional processing in the juvenile justice system. Rather than going through court processing, youth with substance-abuse problems are placed in treatment. The goal is to reduce their use of drugs and criminal behavior. The program is rated Promising. At the 2-year follow up, program participants had fewer overall and drug-related rearrests, compared with a matched comparison group. These differences were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Special Needs Diversionary Program (SNDP) |
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Juvenile courts, Mental health, Diversion, Case Management, Youth development, Treatment, Probation, Corrections, Community corrections | This is a diversion program that provides intensive supervision and treatment for juveniles on probation who suffer from mental illness. This program is rated Promising. The intervention group showed a statistically significant reduction in number of rearrests within 1 year, compared with the comparison group. However, there was no statistically significant impact on time to rearrest. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: New York Integrated Domestic Violence Courts |
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Assault, Dating violence, Domestic violence courts, Family courts, Diversion, Courts, Intimate partner violence, Crime prevention | This program is a problem-solving court that is part of a unified “one family-one judge” model, which means all criminal, family, and matrimonial cases involving the same family are handled by one judge. This program is rated No Effects. There were no statistically significant differences in re-arrests and conviction rates when comparing the IDV court cases with traditional family court cases. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: New York's Criminal Domestic Violence Courts |
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Assault, Dating violence, Domestic violence courts, Family courts, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Diversion, Violent crime | The program is a problem-solving court that operate a specialized caseload for domestic violence-related cases only, and for which eligibility is determined on a case-by-case basis. Criminal domestic violence courts tend to be more common throughout the U.S. The program is rated No Effects. The criminal domestic violence courts in New York statistically significantly reduced case-processing time, but there was no statistically significant impact on recidivism. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Jefferson County Community Partnership (Birmingham, Ala.) |
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Juvenile health, Mental health, Case Management, Comprehensive/wraparound services, Diversion, Juvenile justice, Child health and welfare, Juvenile detention | Offers a wide array of services for youth with serious emotional disturbances to reduce youth's contact with the juvenile justice system. The services are accessible, community-based, individualized, culturally competent, and include an individual’s family in the planning and delivery of treatment. The program is rated Promising. The program was shown to statistically significantly reduce youths’ contact with the juvenile justice system. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Adolescent Diversion Program (New York State) |
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Jails, Correctional facilities, Corrections, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Courts, Diversion, Sentencing | This is a diversion program for 16- and 17-year-old defendants in the New York state adult criminal justice system. The program is rated Promising. Similar rates of recidivism were found for participants and comparison group members, which suggests that diverting older adolescents does not increase the risk of recidivism and risk to the public. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Front-End Diversion Initiative |
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Diversion, Personnel, Probation, Community corrections, Corrections | This is a preadjudication diversion program designed to divert juveniles with mental health needs away from the juvenile justice system through specialized supervision and case management. The program is rated Promising. Participants were statistically significantly less likely to face adjudication compared to those who only received traditional supervision while on probation. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Maine Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts |
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Alcohol-Related Offenses, Drug courts, Juvenile courts, Heroin, Marijuana, Alcohol, Substance abuse, Underage drinking, Diversion, Treatment, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Opioids | These court supervised, post-plea (but pre-final disposition) drug diversion programs provide comprehensive community-based treatment services to juveniles convicted of an offense and their families. The program is rated Promising. The program had a statistically significant impact on recidivism. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Adolescent Diversion Project (Michigan State University) |
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Burglary, Larceny/theft, Motor vehicle theft, Juvenile courts, Diversion, Violent offenders, Positive youth development, Juvenile delinquency, Crime prevention, Juvenile (under 18) | 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. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Independence Youth Court |
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Diversion, Youth/peer courts, Young juvenile offenders, Crime prevention, Youth courts | This is a diversion program for young persons. The primary goal of the program is to reduce the occurrence of juvenile crime by diverting youth from the traditional juvenile justice system and providing an alternative to formal processing. The program is rated Promising. Treatment group youth were statistically significantly less likely to reoffend, compared with control group youth. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Canberra Reintegrative Shaming Experiments |
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Larceny/theft, Alcohol, Diversion, Violent offenders, Victims of crime, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Property crime, Intimate partner violence, Procedural justice | This is a restorative justice program that uses conferencing to repair the harm. The program is rated Promising. Participants had a statistically significant lower likelihood of committing violent offenses, and a greater likelihood of reporting a belief in the law, negative attitude toward reoffending, and greater effort to not drive drunk, compared with the control group. There were mixed findings in the rate of drunk driving, and no difference in property crimes, shoplifting, or recidivism. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Adult Treatment Drug Courts (Multi-site) |
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Drug courts, Diversion, Mental health | This is a program that focuses on drug-involved individuals and aims to provide specialized substance abuse treatment services. The program is rated Promising. Participants in the treatment group were statistically significantly less likely to report drug use and criminal activity than participants in the comparison group. However, there was no statistically significant effect on incarceration, socioeconomic status, mental health, family support, or homelessness. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: AMIkids Community-Based Day Treatment Services |
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Probation, Diversion, Intake/assessment, Youth development, Treatment, Access to education, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Courts, Juvenile detention | AMIkids is a program encompassing community-based, experiential treatment interventions for at-risk and delinquent youth, which is designed to reduce recidivism and be cost effective. The program is rated Promising. The treatment group showed a statistically significant lower likelihood of being rearrested, adjudicated, convicted, or experiencing a subsequent commitment for any offense within 12 months of release, compared with the comparison group. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Indianapolis (Ind.) Family Group Conferencing Experiment |
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Burglary, Larceny/theft, Assault, Diversion, Young juvenile offenders, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This is a restorative justice diversion program for young people who have been convicted of an offense for the first time. It was designed to break their cycle of offending before they commit more offenses. The program is rated Promising. Program youth showed a statistically significant reduction in number of rearrests, compared with control youth, at the 2-year follow up. However, there were no statistically significant differences between the groups in time to rearrest. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) |
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Courts, Diversion | This is a court-ordered treatment program for individuals with mental illness who have a history of multiple hospitalizations or have exhibited violence toward themselves or others. The program is rated Promising. Participants who received treatment had a statistically significant reduction in risk for arrests of any offense, compared with the comparison group. However, there was no statistically significant difference found between the groups in risk of arrests for violent offenses. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Multisystemic Therapy for Youth With Problem Sexual Behaviors (MST-PSB) |
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Sex offenders, Diversion, Youth development, Home visiting, Treatment, Juvenile delinquency, Rape and sexual assault, Juvenile justice, Juvenile detention | This program is an adaptation of Multisystemic Therapy, specifically designed for adolescents who have committed sexual offenses and demonstrated other problem behaviors. The program is rated Promising. Program participants had lower rates of self-reported person and property offenses as well as lower rates of arrests for sexual crimes and other crimes, compared with control group participants. These findings were statistically significant. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Guam Adult Drug Court |
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Drug courts, Drug possession, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Diversion, Substance abuse | This is a drug court diversion program designed to help participants achieve sobriety and reduce involvement with the criminal justice system, by connecting them with treatment services soon after arrest. The program is rated Promising. The treatment group showed statistically significant reductions in recidivism for general and drug-related crime, compared with the control group at the 3-year follow up. However, there were no differences between groups in rates of positive drug tests. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Drug Treatment Alternative to Prison (DTAP) |
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Drug testing, Corrections, Prisons, Inmate programs, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Courts, Diversion, Prosecution | This program is the first prosecution-led, residential drug treatment diversion program designed to divert people convicted of nonviolent felony drug offenses to community-based residential treatment. This program is rated Promising. Controlling for time spent in the community following release from prison, the intervention showed statistically significant positive effects on recidivism, time to first rearrest, and rearrest for program participants, compared with the control group. Date Posted: |
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| Practice Profile: Court-Mandated Batterer Intervention Programs (BIPs) |
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Diversion, Pretrial, Recidivism, Crime prevention | This practice involves psychoeducational and cognitive–behavioral approaches to reduce the recidivism for individuals who have committed intimate-partner violence offenses. The practice is rated No Effects for reducing either official or victim reports of repeated intimate-partner violence. Date Posted: |
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| Practice Profile: Teen Court |
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Juvenile courts, Diversion, Youth/peer courts, Teen courts, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Juvenile delinquency | This is a specialized diversion intervention that offers an alternative to traditional court processing for first-time, nonviolent juveniles. The goal is to hold juveniles accountable for their behavior, repair the harm caused to the community by their offenses, and reduce juvenile recidivism. The practice is rated No Effects for reducing juvenile recidivism. Date Posted: |
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| Practice Profile: Police-Initiated Diversion for Youth to Prevent Future Delinquent Behavior |
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Community policing, Young juvenile offenders, Juvenile delinquency, Policing strategies, Juvenile (under 18), Crime prevention | This practice includes pre-court interventions or strategies that police can apply as an alternative to court processing or the imposition of formal charges against low-risk youth. This approach is designed to reduce reoffending by minimizing youth contact with the criminal justice system and divert youth toward services that address their psychosocial development and other needs that contribute to their at-risk behavior. The practice is rated Effective for reducing future delinquent behavior. Date Posted: |
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| Practice Profile: Crisis Intervention Teams (CITs) |
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Community policing, Jails, Corrections, Community corrections, Courts, Diversion, Law enforcement, Arrests | This practice comprises specialized police-led, pre-booking jail diversion responses to individuals with mental illness. The goals are to reduce police officers’ injuries and use of force, and to reduce arrests of individuals with mental illness. The practice is rated No Effects for reducing arrests of individuals with mental illness and reducing trained police officers’ use of force in situations involving mentally ill individuals. Date Posted: |
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| Practice Profile: Restorative Justice Programs for Juveniles |
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Restitution, Juvenile courts, Diversion, Youth/peer courts, Victims of crime, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Juvenile delinquency | Restorative justice programs aim to repair the harm to the victim, decrease recidivism, and improve perceptions of fairness and satisfaction with the process. The practice is rated Promising for reducing juveniles’ recidivism rates, increasing victims’ perceptions of fairness, and increasing juveniles’ completion of restitution and reparation. It is rated No Effects for juveniles’ recognition of wrongdoing or remorse, and satisfaction of the victim or young person committing the offense. Date Posted: |
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| Practice Profile: Adult Mental Health Courts |
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Mental health courts, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Diversion, Drugs, Drug treatment | Specialized, treatment-oriented, problem-solving courts that divert mentally ill persons away from the criminal justice system and into court-mandated, community-based treatment programs in order to reduce recidivism and decrease the amount of contact that mentally ill individuals have with the criminal justice system. The practice is rated Promising for reducing recidivism, but rated No Effects on measures of clinical outcomes. Date Posted: |
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| Practice Profile: Juvenile Diversion Programs |
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Drug courts, Juvenile courts, Diversion, Treatment, Victims of crime, Recidivism, Juvenile delinquency, Crime prevention, Problem-solving courts | An intervention strategy that redirects youths away from formal processing in the juvenile justice system, while still holding them accountable for their actions. The practice is rated Promising for reducing recidivism rates of juveniles who participated in diversion programming compared with juveniles who were formally processed in the justice system. Date Posted: |
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| Practice Profile: Juvenile Drug Courts |
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Drug courts, Juvenile courts, Substance abuse, Diversion, Treatment, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Juvenile justice, Juvenile delinquency, Alcohol, Legal substances | Juvenile drug courts are dockets within juvenile courts for cases involving substance abusing youth in need of specialized treatment services. The focus is on providing treatment to eligible, drug-involved juveniles with the goal of reducing recidivism and substance abuse. The practice is rated Promising in reducing recidivism rates, and No Effects for reducing drug-related offenses or drug use. Date Posted: |
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| Practice Profile: Formal System Processing for Juveniles |
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Juvenile courts, Diversion, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Juvenile delinquency, Sanctions | The practice of using traditional juvenile justice system processing in lieu of alternative sanctions to deal with juvenile criminal cases. The practice is rated No Effects for reducing recidivism compared to the youth that were diverted from the system. Test Date Posted: |
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| Practice Profile: Juvenile Boot Camps |
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Diversion, Access to education, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Juvenile delinquency, Juvenile detention, Juvenile (under 18) | Juvenile boots camps, also called shock or intensive incarceration programs, are short-term residential programs that resemble military basic training facilities and target adjudicated juveniles. The practice is rated No Effects. The likelihood of boot camp participants recidivating was roughly equal to the likelihood of comparison participants recidivating. Date Posted: |
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| Practice Profile: Adult Drug Courts |
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Drug courts, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Diversion, Alcohol, Legal substances | Drug courts are specialized courts that combine drug treatment with the legal and moral authority of the court in an effort to break the cycle of drug use and drug related crime. Date Posted: |
