A Community-Based Youth Diversion Program as an Alternative to Incarceration, Illinois, 2017-2019

Catherine Isabelle Gigante; Kevin Rak; Alison Kaplan; Leslie Helmcamp; Cassandra Otoo; Karen M. Sheehan

doi:10.2105/AJPH.2022.306946

A Community-Based Youth Diversion Program as an Alternative to Incarceration, Illinois, 2017-2019

Catherine Isabelle Gigante, Kevin Rak^*, Alison Kaplan, Leslie Helmcamp, Cassandra Otoo, Karen M. Sheehan

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The US justice system unfairly targets youths of color; systemic reform plus interventions to keep youths out of the justice system are needed. The Juvenile Justice Collaborative provided care coordination and wraparound services to adolescents in a diversion program from 2017 to 2019 in Cook County, Illinois. Youths showed increased strengths and decreased needs by program's end. Youths who successfully completed the program showed reduced recidivism compared with nonprogram youths. Community-based alternatives to incarceration may decrease life disruption, promote positive health and social outcomes, and reduce further justice involvement.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1265-1268
Number of pages	4
Journal	American journal of public health
Volume	112
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306946
State	Published - Sep 2022

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