In:
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 55, No. 4 ( 2011-06), p. 605-625
Abstract:
This article reports on a study of a juvenile diversion program based in California. It replicates a similar 1986 study of a Florida-based juvenile diversion program. Both studies examine the appropriateness of the actual juvenile population serviced in comparison with the declared and described programs’ target populations. Findings in the current research support earlier findings that the diversion program services self-serving, low-risk populations, rather than their intended “first-time nonviolent,” more seriously at risk of continued delinquent behavior, target population. This finding is examined in terms of its relationship to issues of labeling and net widening, and suggests how the current study diversion program manages to create a façade that more seriously at-risk youth are being properly targeted by the program.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0306-624X
,
1552-6933
DOI:
10.1177/0306624X10363265
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2011
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2034467-3
SSG:
2
SSG:
2,1
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