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Juvenile Diversion Strategies and Models

Source: National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice

Resource Type: Documents and Publications

Focus Population: People with Criminal Justice System Involvement, People with Juvenile Justice System Involvement

Topics: Criminal or Juvenile Justice System

An overview of juvenile diversion is presented below, followed by 16 steps of guidance from
the juvenile justice field on implementing a successful diversion program. This framework is a
web-based adaptation of the Juvenile Diversion Guidebook prepared by the Models for Change
Juvenile Diversion Workgroup. The original guidebook addressed diversion in juvenile justice;
this online version focuses on diversion for justice-involved youth with behavioral health needs