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 Are the services delivered considered evidence-based? And how does the agency

evaluate program success?

 Given the racial disproportionality that exists in juvenile justice, what efforts does

the agency take within the diversion services to reduce disparate outcomes for

children and families of color?

 What steps does the agency take to improve individual decision-making (explicitly

or implicitly directed at preventing youth from re-offending)? And what steps does

the agency take to empower families?

The constant comparison method (Bulmer, 1979) was used to categorize and contextualize (Miles

& Huberman, 1984) the qualitative data. These data were also analyzed to evaluate the established

goals of the Youth Diversion Program.

Table 3. Sample Demographic Characteristics

State Comparison Program Non- Rejected at
Group (FY2013) Completers Completers Screening

Total 4789 2218 303 521

Male 3257 (68%) 1323 (59.6%) 191 (63.0%) 316 (60.6%)

Female 1532 (32%) 895 (40.3%) 112 (36.9%) 205 (39.3%)

Asian N/A 34 (1.5%) 0 (0%) 10 (1.9%)
Black 2251 (47%) 1462 (65.9%) 243 (80.2%) 402 (77.2%)

Hispanic 431 (9%) 301 (13.5%) 27 (8.9%) 46 (8.8%)

Other* 192 (4%) 12 (0.5%) 2 (0.7%) 5 (1.0%)

White 1915 (40%) 409 (18.4%) 31 (10.2%) 58 (11.1%)

6 years-old ** 10 (0.4%) 0 (0.0%) 0 (0.0%)

7 years-old ** 18 (0.8%) 2 (0.6%) 8 (1.5%)

8 years-old ** 33 (1.4%) 3 (0.9%) 11 (2.1%)

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