Study: Ohio Diversion Program Decreases Delinquency [JJIE.org]

Samantha Sangenito 1/8/1512:00 PM

Here’s more evidence that treatment is often more effective than incarceration for young offenders.

Most offenders ages 10 to 18 with mental health and behavioral problems who were diverted from detention centers to a treatment program in Ohio over an eight-year period showed decreases in future delinquency, a study shows.

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland studied 2,545 offenders who were enrolled in Ohio's Behavioral Health/Juvenile Justice initiative, operating in 11 counties between 2006 and 2013.

Many of the offenders had also abused drugs and alcohol, had a history of violent or criminal behavior and had had encounters with county agencies before appearing in juvenile court.

[For more of this story, written by Gary Gately, go to http://jjie.org/study-ohio-div...-delinquency/108185/]

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