Iowa’s Juvenile Justice System Improvement Planning Grant Key Findings from System Analysis
Iowa Code - Definition of Diversion
Iowa Code §232.2 32A. “Juvenile diversion program” means an organized effort to coordinate services for a child who is alleged to have committed a delinquent act, when the organized effort results in the dismissal of a complaint alleging the commission of the delinquent act or results in informally proceeding without a complaint being filed against the child, and which does not result in an informal adjustment agreement involving juvenile court services or the filing of a delinquency petition.
HF2443--Legislation adding juvenile diversion definition.
Draft Policy
Toolkit
Local Reports developed by the Center for Children's Law & Policy
- Black Hawk County Site Visit Summary
- Johnson County Site Visit Summary
- Scott County Site Visit Summary
- Webster County Site Visit Summary
Other Local Site Related Documents:
Data
National Resources
Juvenile Court:
- Partnering with Schools to Reduce Juvenile Justice Referrals http://www.cclp.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/5-Innovation_Brief_Partnering_with_Schools_to_Reduce_Juvenile_Justice_Referrals-1-2.pdf
- Reducing Racial & Ethnic Disparities
- Racial And Ethnic Disparities Reduction Practice Manual http://www.cclp.org/redpracticemanual/
- Transforming Juvenile Justice Systems to Improve Public Safety and Youth Outcome
- The Primary Factors that Characterize Effective Interventions with Juvenile Offenders: A Meta-Analytic Overview, 2010, Dr. Mark Lipsey, Peabody Research Institute, Vanderbilt University
- Transforming Juvenile Probation--A Vision for Getting it Right
- Core Principles for Reducing Recidivism and Improving Other Outcomes for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System
- STEMMING THE RISING TIDE Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Youth Incarceration & Strategies for Change, The Haywood Burns Institute
- Best Practices in Youth Diversion--Literature review for the Baltimore City Youth Diversion Committee, The Institute for innovation & implementation University of Maryland School of Social Work
- Restorative Community Conferencing A study of Community Works West’s Restorative Justice Youth Diversion Program in Alameda County
- Los Angeles Board Of Supervisors Votes To Launch ‘Historic’ Juvenile Diversion Plan
Law Enforcement Agencies
School Resource Officer MOU between law enforcement and schools
Reducing Youth Arrests Keeps Kids Healthy and Successful A Health Analysis of Youth Arrest in Michigan https://humanimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/HIP_MichYouthArrests_2017.06.pdf
- State Agencies Release Model MOU for Mass. School Resource Officers https://www.dropbox.com/s/d91had90qpi53wk/SRO%20MOU%20Final%20%289-5-18%29.docx?dl=0
- MOUs from a Variety of jurisdictions https://www.dropbox.com/s/yulqirw1swnoiih/Advancement%20Project%20MOU.pdf?dl=0
- Improving Youth/Law Enforcement Interactions https://strategiesforyouth.org/
- Creating Off-Ramps - National Review of Police-led Diversions https://www.courtinnovation.org/sites/default/files/documents/Creating%20Off-Ramps%20A%20National%20Review%20of%20Police-Led%20Diversion%20Programs.pdf
- Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Police Handling of Juvenile Arrests https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/grants/250804.pdf
- Interactions Between Youth & Law Enforcement - Literature Review - A product of the Model Programs Guide, Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention https://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/litreviews/Interactions-Youth-Law-Enforcement.pdf
- Philadelphia Police-School Diversion Program
- MASTLE - Massachusetts Arrest Screening Tool for Law Enforcement
Schools:
- Fact Sheet: How Should Schools Respond to Cyberbullying? https://www.dropbox.com/s/kdncs6cbhv4f4qz/CB%20Fact%20Sheet.docx?dl=0
- Responding to Hate & Bias at School https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/publications/responding-to-hate-and-bias-at-school/section-one-before-a-crisis-occurs/stay
- Student Code of Conduct--Tips & Examples https://www.dropbox.com/s/ivspoizhybt74bd/Advancement%20Project%20-%20Discipline%20Toolkit.pdf?dl=0