The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office (HCAO) has begun expanding which juvenile cases qualify for youth diversion, citing new research that shows the approach reduces repeat offenses and keeps more ...

A Baltimore City pilot program that diverts first-time young offenders to support services instead of into the juvenile justice system is slated to expand citywide as early as this summer. Early ...

FILE: Teens at the King County Juvenile Detention. A $16 million effort by King County to send most juvenile criminal cases to community-based diversion programs, rather than the court system, is ...

A King County program intended to help juvenile criminal offenders has been put on hold due to a lack of effectiveness. Following results that show over half of juveniles referred to King County’s ...