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May 24, 2024
Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion: Presenting Options for Professionals and Processes
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Sep 27, 2023
Facilitating the Development of a Pre-Arrest or Deflection Program or Initiative
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Oct 17, 2022
Benefits of Deflection (Pre-Arrest Diversion) for Criminal Justice and Communities
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Sep 14, 2022
Barriers, Solutions and Outcomes to Implementation of Pre-Arrest Diversion Programs
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Jul 31, 2022
An Initial Assessment of Leon County Florida's Pre-Arrest Adult Civil Citation Program
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Jan 17, 2024
State of the States: Legislative Roadmap for Reducing Overdose Deaths and Increasing Access to Treatment
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Oct 7, 2024
No-Cost, 40-Hour Crisis Response and Intervention Training (CRIT) Curriculum for Law Enforcement
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Feb 16, 2024
Police-Based Juvenile Diversion: A Manual for Creating a Diversion Program Based on the Cambridge Safety Net Model
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Aug 28, 2023
Expanding Peer Support Roles in Homeless Services Delivery: A Toolkit for Service Providers
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Aug 28, 2023
Building New Horizons: Opening Career Pathways for Peers with Criminal Justice Backgrounds
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Dec 19, 2022
Guidance, Actionable Steps, and Examples to Address Behavioral Health Care Disparities & Bring Racial Equity within the Behavioral Health Care System
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Dec 2, 2022
Improving Justice System Responses to Individuals with Mental Illness: A Toolkit for Prosecutors
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Nov 30, 2022
A Toolkit for Generating Research Priorities Through Community-Based Participatory Research
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Aug 10, 2022
Law Enforcement Deflection Frameworks: A Decision Making Tool for Police Leaders
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Aug 10, 2022
We Can't Arrest our Way out of This: Why Safe Project Supports Pre-Arrest Diversion
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Aug 10, 2022
Diversion Toolkit for Communities: How to Build a Pre-Charge Restorative Justice Diversion Program
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Dec 11, 2024
Bridging the Gap: Trust Building for Programs at the Intersection of Criminal Justice and Behavioral Health
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Nov 22, 2024
Study Identifies 59 Recommendations for Mental Health Care for Justice-Involved Populations
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Nov 12, 2024
Law Enforcement-led, Pre-arrest Diversion-to-Treatment May Reduce Crime Recidivism, Incarceration, and Overdose Deaths: Program Evaluation Outcomes
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Oct 21, 2024
Changing the Route: Seeking Compassionate Alternatives to Police Transport in Involuntary Civil Commitment
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Oct 7, 2024
Wrongful Convictions in North Carolina: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for Continued Reform
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Sep 26, 2024
DOJ and HHS Guidance for Emergency Responses to People with Behavioral Health or Other Disabilities
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Aug 30, 2024
Deflection Strategies to Meet People Where They Are and Reduce Harms Associated With Substance Use Disorders
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Aug 2, 2024
Evidence-Based Strategies for Preventing Opioid Overdose: What's Working in the United States
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Jul 24, 2024
Checklist for Obtaining Officer Support for Deflection or Pre-Arrest Diversion Programs
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Jun 24, 2024
Reducing Crime and Recidivism Through Sheriff-led Deflection: A Spotlight on LEAD in Marion County, Oregon
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Jun 13, 2024
White House National Drug Control Strategy – Office of National Drug Control Policy, May 2024
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Jun 13, 2024
Issue Brief: Expanding Peer Support and Supporting the Peer Workforce in Mental Health
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Jun 05, 2024
Emerging Practices to Elevate and Replicate Community Responder Programs Nationwide
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May 02, 2024
Offering Recovery Rather than Punishment: Implementation of a Law Enforcement?Led Pre-Arrest Diversion-to-Treatment Program for Adults with Substance Use Disorders Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment
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Apr 02, 2024
Editorial: Collaborations for Community Safety & Well-Being: The Groups that Everyone Needs to Join Journal of Community Safety & Well-Being
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Mar 28, 2024
7 Best Practices and Goals for Agencies Assisting Patients with a Substance Use Disorder and Criminal Legal Involvement
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Mar 20, 2024
Addressing Disparities in LGBTQI+-specific Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Deflection Approaches by the Franklin County, Ohio, SAFER Program
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Feb 28, 2024
One-on-One with the Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association (LAPPA) Interview with PTACC Executive Director Jac Charlier | February 2024
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Feb 13, 2024
When New Miami Center Opens, Arrestees with Mental Illness Can be Treated, not Jailed
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Jan 30, 2024
GLEPHA's New Report Series on Policing and Public Health: Seven-Part Report Series
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Dec 20, 2023
Using Deflection as a Public Health and Public Safety Collaboration to Address Homelessness
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Dec 13, 2023
Suite of Tools for Overdose Prevention in Justice Settings National Council for Mental Wellbeing | 2023
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Dec 08, 2023
Guiding Officers to Deflect Citizens to Treatment: an Examination of Police Department Policies in Illinois
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Dec 06, 2023
From Criminalisation to Harm Reduction? The Forms and Functions of Police Drug Diversion in England and Wales
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Nov 21, 2023
Customized Offerings for Mitigating and Preventing Agency-Specific Stress (COMPASS) Toolkit: A Guide to Data Collection and Program Implementation for Supporting Healthy Organizations
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Oct 27, 2023
Coordinated Opioid Recovery Begins With Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Florida
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Oct 24, 2023
Fair and Just Prosecution- Advancing the Use of Data in Prosecution: What We Measure Matters
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Sep 27, 2023
Facilitating the Development of a Pre-Arrest or Deflection Program or Initiative
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Sep 20, 2023
Alternatives to Prosecution and Incarceration for Justice-Involved Veterans: A Model Policy
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Sep 20, 2023
Pre-Arrest Deflection Program Helps in Fight Against Opioid Addiction, Research Shows
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Sep 20, 2023
TPD's Deflection Program Shows Decrease in Arrests, Increase in Substance-Use Treatment
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Sep 11, 2023
Report: Costs, Cost Savings, and Effectiveness of a Police-led Pre-arrest Deflection Program University of Arizona, Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) | December 2022
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Sep 11, 2023
Report: The Legislative Primer Series for Front-End Justice: Deflection and Diversion
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Aug 24, 2023
Connecting Communities to Substance Use Services: Practical Tools for First Responders
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Jul 24, 2023
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) A Multi-Site Evaluation of North Carolina LEAD Programs
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Jul 03, 2023
New Study Finds Inequitable Distribution of Federal Funding Across States to Address the Opioid Crisis in Justice Settings
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Jun 15, 2023
Whole Person, Whole Government Approach to Addressing Substance Use Disorder Through Aligned Funding Streams and Coordinated Outcomes
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Jun 06, 2023
Balancing Data Privacy with Access to Health Services and Research: Facilitating Confidential Information Sharing in U.S. Multi-System Collaborations
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Jun 06, 2023
Coordinating Systems of Care to Provide a Comprehensive Behavioral Health Crisis Response to Individuals Experiencing Homelessness
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Jun 01, 2023
White House Announces State Model Law to Expand Programs that Deflect People with Addiction to Care
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May 31, 2023
Final Summary: Reentry Planning for Individuals with SUD Who Have Quick or Unknown Release Dates
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May 25, 2023
Governor DeWine Approves $4 Million Grant for Diversion Program Training, Technical Assistance at NEOMED
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May 19, 2023
Responding to Individuals in Behavioral Health Crisis via Co-Responder Models: The Roles of Cities, Counties, Law Enforcement, and Providers
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May 18, 2023
Quick Response Teams (QRTs) and Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD): Two Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion (DPAD) Programs Showing Promising Results
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May 16, 2023
Ten Tips to Use a Recovery Perspective in Your Practice Evidence-Based Fact Sheet
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May 03, 2023
A Pre-Arrest Diversion Program for Substance Use: Evaluating Predictors of Success and Impact on Clinical Outcomes
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Apr 13, 2023
When Arrest Isn't Best: Creating a Culture of Police-Led, Pre-Arrest Diversion
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Apr 10, 2023
Evaluating the Early Public Safety Impact on Davis County Jail Diversion Program
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Apr 10, 2023
Costs and Savings Associated With the Police Use of the interRAI Brief Mental Health Screener
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Apr 10, 2023
Duke Researchers Find Promising Results in Pre-Arrest Diversion Program for People who use Drugs
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Apr 10, 2023
Lower Level Enforcement, Racial Disparities and Alternatives to Arrest: A Review of Research and Practice from 1970-2021
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Apr 10, 2023
The Impact on Taxpayer Costs of a Jail Diversion Program for People with Serious Mental Illness
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Apr 10, 2023
Health Outcomes and Cost-Effectiveness of Diversion Programs for Low-Level Drug Offenders: A Model-Based Analysis
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Mar 30, 2023
A Behavioral Health Parity Playbook: Strengthening State Laws and Partnerships
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Feb 23, 2023
More Than 1 in 9 Adults With Co-Occurring Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorders Are Arrested Annually
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Feb 23, 2023
Law Enforcement and First Responder Deflection Pathways to Deflection Case Studies Series
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Feb 21, 2023
About NCHATS- The National Center for Health and Justice Integration for Suicide Prevention
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Feb 03, 2023
How Huntington, WV Reduced Overdoses by 52% with Quick Response Teams powered by Cordata
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Feb 01, 2023
?No Wrong Door? Access to Care Building a Network of Support through the 5 Pathways
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Jan 19, 2023
Seattle's Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD): Program Effects on Recidivism Outcomes
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Jan 17, 2023
Community Programs in Ohio are Finding Success in Combating the Addiction Crisis
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Dec 27, 2022
Law Enforcement and First Responder Diversion Pathways to Diversion Case Studies Series
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Dec 19, 2022
Community Engagement: An Essential Component of an Effective and Equitable Substance Use Prevention System
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Dec 08, 2022
From Crisis to Care: Building from 988 and Beyond for Better Mental Health Outcomes
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Dec 07, 2022
Diverting People who Use Drugs from the Criminal Justice System: A Systematic Review of Police-Based Diversion Measures
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Dec 05, 2022
One Year After Releasing its Groundbreaking Overdose Prevention Strategy, HHS Announces New Data Showing Nation Has Expanded its Ability to Treat Addiction and Save Lives
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Nov 21, 2022
Chartbook #173: Barred from Employment - How Criminalization Blights American Lives
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Nov 14, 2022
Critical Elements for Implementing the Officer Intervention Pathway of Pre-Arrest Diversion
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Oct 26, 2022
COSSAP: Law Enforcement-First Responder Partnership Training and Technical Assistance
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Oct 17, 2022
Benefits of Deflection (Pre-Arrest Diversion) for Criminal Justice and Communities
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Oct 03, 2022
This City Stopped Sending Police to Every 911 Call: Riding along with the civilian ?crisis responders? of Olympia, Washington
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Oct 03, 2022
When Mental Health Crises Require More than a Phone Conversation, these Mobile Units Come to Help
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Sep 29, 2022
Report of the National Survey to Assess First Responder Deflection Programs in Response to the Opioid Crisis
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Sep 23, 2022
President Biden Releases National Drug Control Strategy to Save Lives, Expand Treatment, and Disrupt Trafficking
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Sep 14, 2022
Barriers, Solutions and Outcomes to Implementation of Pre-Arrest Diversion Programs
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Aug 10, 2022
Texas Public Policy Foundation Policy Perspective: Pre-arrest and Pre-booking Diversion and Mental Health in Policing
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Aug 10, 2022
Jail or No Jail: Alternatives to Arrest and Prosecution for Low-Level Offenders
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Aug 10, 2022
The Edge of Stigma: An Experimental Audit of the Effects of Low-Level Criminal Records on Employment
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Aug 10, 2022
Minor Crimes, Massive Waste: The Terrible Toll of America's Broken Misdemeanor Courts
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Aug 10, 2022
The Impact of Policing Styles on Officers? Willingness to Make Referrals into Pre-Arrest Diversion Initiatives
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Aug 10, 2022
CONNECTing Research to Action: Bringing Pre-Arrest Diversion to Allegheny County
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Aug 10, 2022
National Conference of State Legislators: An Evolving Approach to Drug Policy
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Dec 6, 2024
Partnering With Youth and Families: A Best Practices Guide for Youth Justice Stakeholders
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Nov 6, 2024
National Mentoring Resource Center Guide on Creating a Youth Council Now Available
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Sep 26, 2024
Tools for Parents and Caregivers: Helping Families Impacted by Substance Use Disorders
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Aug 12, 2024
Traumatic Brain Injury and Youth Justice: Understanding the Intersection of Brain Injury & the Youth Criminal Justice System
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Jul 18, 2024
Protect and Redirect: America's Growing Movement to Divert Youth Out of the Justice System
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Jun 27, 2024
Intervention over Incarceration: A Limited Government Approach to Youth Violence
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Jun 24, 2024
Building Mutually Beneficial Partnerships With Universities – A Focus on the Martinsburg, West Virginia, Initiative
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May 2, 2024
Florida's Statewide Civil Citation: Part of the Community, Part of the Solution – Implementation Guide
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Apr 18, 2024
Juvenile Deflection and Pre-Arrest Diversion: Consideration for the International Community
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Apr 18, 2024
About the EBPRC Emerging Practices: Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Practice Guides
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Aug 12, 2024
Traumatic Brain Injury and Youth Justice:? Understanding the Intersection of Brain Injury & the Youth Criminal Justice System
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Jul 18, 2024
Pro?tect and Redi?rect: America?s Grow?ing Move?ment to Divert Youth Out of the Jus?tice Sys?tem
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Apr 18, 2024
About the EBPRC Emerging Practices Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Practice Guides
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Feb 26, 2024
Evaluating Impacts of the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program: An Alternative to Arrest Policing Strategy
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Feb 23, 2024
The Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning Data, Research, Policy, and Collaboration
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Feb 22, 2024
Diversion Programs Offer Treatment While Keeping Youth Out of the Justice System
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Feb 16, 2024
Preventing School-Based Arrest and Recidivism Through Prearrest Diversion: Outcomes of the Philadelphia Police School Diversion Program
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Feb 16, 2024
Police-Based Juvenile Diversion: A Manual for Creating a Diversion Program Based on the Cambridge Safety Net Model
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Feb 13, 2024
Journal of Applied Juvenile Justice Services Do Diverted Kids Stay Out of Trouble?: A Longitudinal Analysis of Recidivism Outcomes in Diversion
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Feb 13, 2024
Treating Kids Like Kids: ?Raise the Age? Laws Align Juvenile Justice with Neuroscience and Common Sense
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Nov 28, 2023
Officials Agree: Use Settlement Funds to Curb Youth Addiction. But the ?How? Gets Hairy.
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Oct 27, 2023
National Stakeholder Partnership Series Tribal Law Enforcement, Youth Engagement, and Deflection: Strategies for Building Positive Relationships
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Oct 27, 2023
Pennsylvania H.B. 1381 Promotes Limited, Effective Government by Expanding Diversion and Reducing Juvenile Detention
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Oct 24, 2023
Fair and Just Prosecution- Advancing the Use of Data in Prosecution: What We Measure Matters
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Sep 29, 2023
?Talk. They Hear You.?? Celebrates 10 Years of Preventing Underage Substance Use
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Sep 27, 2023
Facilitating the Development of a Pre-Arrest or Deflection Program or Initiative
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Sep 19, 2023
Reducing Overreliance on Youth Incarceration EXPLORING EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVES TO CONFINEMENT
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Aug 24, 2023
Back to School and Mental Health: Supporting Our Children for a Successful Year Ahead
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Jul 20, 2023
Juvenile Florida Statute ? 985.12(1): Allowing Law Enforcement to Issue Civil Citations in Place of Arresting our Children
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Jul 03, 2023
Toolkit for Implementing Authentic Youth Engagement Strategies Within State Advisory Groups
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May 26, 2023
Opinion: Legal System Should Take a Back Seat to Families, Schools and Communities
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Apr 20, 2023
NGA Report: State Strategies To Address The Needs of Justice-Involved Youth Impacted By Collateral Consequences
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Apr 20, 2023
The Pathway to Impact Report Highlights Juvenile Justice System Successes and Unveils Priorities for the Future
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Mar 06, 2023
State Strategies To Address The Needs Of Justice-Involved Youth Impacted By Collateral Consequences
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Jan 24, 2023
Juvenile Services Department Cost Analysis Miami-Dade County Office of Strategic Business Management
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Jan 09, 2023
Police-Initiated Diversion for Youth to Prevent Future Delinquent Behavior: A Systematic Review
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Dec 27, 2022
Law Enforcement and First Responder Diversion Pathways to Diversion Case Studies Series
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Dec 19, 2022
Community Engagement: An Essential Component of an Effective and Equitable Substance Use Prevention System
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Dec 05, 2022
Opinion: Diverting Youth From Justice Systems Is Key to Racial Equity - Juvenile Justice Information ExchangeJuvenile Justice Information Exchange
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Oct 20, 2022
Diversion: A Hidden Key to Combating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice
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Oct 17, 2022
Benefits of Deflection (Pre-Arrest Diversion) for Criminal Justice and Communities
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Oct 12, 2022
Advocating for the Importance of Pre-Arrest Diversion Programs While Recognizing Those That Do It Best
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Aug 11, 2022
New Report: Bold Policy Reforms Needed to Stop Juvenile Justice System's Revolving Door
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Aug 10, 2022
ABA Statewide Policy Implementation: Florida: Cost Effective Means to Increasing Public Safety in Juvenile Justice
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Aug 10, 2022
Juvenile Civil Citation An Effective Innovation in Reducing Juvenile Crime and Recidivism
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Aug 10, 2022
Making Youth Pre-Arrest Diversion Work: Lessons for Rhode Island from Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Cambridge
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Aug 10, 2022
Overview of Florida?s (DJJ) Pre-Arrest and Post-Arrest Juvenile Diversion Programs and Applicable Laws
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Jul 31, 2022
An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Civil Citation as an Alternative to Arrest Among Youth Apprehended by Law Enforcement
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Apr 11, 2024
SAMHSA – Deflection/Pre-Arrest Diversion (DPAD) to Prevent Opioid Overdose
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