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Dear John,
Today, The Sentencing Project released a new report, “Protect and Redirect: America’s Growing Movement to Divert Youth Out of the Justice System, ” [[link removed]] which describes reforms implemented in 23 states and eight localities across the country to expand and improve the use of diversion as an alternative to arrest or formal prosecution in juvenile court.
Research shows that addressing adolescent misbehavior outside of the justice system through diversion typically yields better outcomes: youth who are diverted from the justice system are far less likely to be arrested for subsequent offenses and far more likely to succeed in education and employment than comparable youth who are arrested and prosecuted in juvenile court. Greater and more targeted use of diversion has also shown promise to reduce the persistent racial and ethnic disparities that pervade youth justice systems.
The report describes a host of promising diversion reforms that have been implemented by states and local youth justice systems
It is gratifying to see the youth justice field awakening to the importance of diversion in lieu of arrest and formal court processing, and to see legislatures across the country support greater use of diversion. We hope to see this momentum accelerate in the years to come.
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Kristen M. Budd, Research Analyst and author of report [[link removed]] Richard Mendel
Research Analyst
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