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
- Reducing Racial Disparities - Georgetown University Certificate Program
- Racial And Ethnic Disparities Reduction Practice Manual
- 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://ojjdp.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh176/files/media/document/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