Florida Juvenile Civil Citation

The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) civil citation or similar prearrest diversion initiative addresses a youth’s behavior at his or her first encounter with the juvenile justice system and provides an alternative to arrest for that child. Civil citation or similar prearrest diversion is vital to DJJ’s efforts to reform the juvenile justice system by giving misdemeanor offenders the opportunity to participate in intervention services at the earliest stage of delinquency. Diverting misdemeanants through civil citation or similar prearrest diversion will provide better youth outcomes and save millions of dollars that would otherwise be spent if youth were arrested and required to go through formal delinquency processing.

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