Correlates of Program Completion in Juvenile Diversion

Date of Award

Winter 3-19-2016

Document Type

Doctoral Research Paper

Degree Name

Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

Organizational Unit

Graduate School of Professional Psychology

First Advisor

Thomas Barrett

Second Advisor

Kim Gorgens

Third Advisor

Jessica Micono

Copyright Statement / License for Reuse

All Rights Reserved
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Keywords

State Juvenile Diversion Program, Program completion, Recidivism rates

Abstract

The current study evaluated the State Juvenile Diversion Program, managed by the District Attorney’s (DA) office in Denver Colorado. The purpose of this study was to review factors, which potentially contribute to success or failure in diversion. Research in diversion programing typically focuses on recidivism rates, but fails to examine which factors contribute to program completion. The analysis was conducted using data from 57 juveniles who entered the DA diversion program in 2015. This represents the majority of juveniles in the diversion program rather than a sample. The current study confirmed prior research findings that those juveniles who do not successfully complete a diversion program are more likely to reoffend. Additionally, the factors which were significantly correlated with successful completion of the diversion program were grade point average (GPA) and number of municipal tickets. The number of behavior reports in school before and after the Diversion program was significantly lower for both groups. Non-significant findings are also discussed as they may help guide future research.

Copyright Date

3-31-2016

Publication Statement

Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.

Rights Holder

Mariya Dvoskina

Provenance

Received from Author

File Format

application/pdf

Language

English (eng)

Extent

16 pgs

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