‘Deflection’ Opens a New Path for Justice Reformers and Crime Reduction
Sep 19, 2022
In this article by Ja Charlier, he talks about how “deflection” is an early, upstream initiative that creates supported pathways to recovery. It works in a contextually relevant, community-determined framework to best respond to the same issues as Diversion, but without needing or requiring a crime, crisis, overdose, event, or arrest.