Diversion Programs for Women

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This paper presents a study that shows a significant correlation between women diversion programs and recidivism rates for women. The paper relates that the hypothesis of the study is that diversion programs for women lowered recidivism rates for women. The paper also relates that the study used a survey sample of 724 women in the Onondaga County's 'Fight for Women' diversion program and 400 women not in a diversion program. The paper explains the survey results which indicate that there was a significant correlation between diversion programs and recidivism rates.

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"As of 2004 "the federally-funded Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Technical Assistance and Policy Analysis Center for Jail Diversion (TAPA) lists 294 operating jail diversion programs nationally. These programs include a variety of pre-booking programs, which divert individuals at initial contact with law enforcement officers before formal charges are brought, and post-booking programs, which identify individuals in court or in jail for diversion at some point after arrest and booking."

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• Chang, R. Psy.D., LaRosa, J., Meckel, L. (September 2007). The Development andImplementation of Two Women's Jail Diversion Programs in Connecticut Part I. American Jails, Retrieved April 19, 2008, from http://prox10.ccis.edu:2269/pdf19_22/pdf/2007/UGO/01Sep07/27366353.pdf?T=P&P=AN&K=2736635&S=R&D=f5h&Ebsco
• Definition. (2002). The Center for Mental Health Services National GAINS Center, Retrieved April 19, 2008, from http://gainscenter.samhsa.gov/html/tapa/jail%20diversion/definition.asp
• Dennis, D., Steadman, H., & Steadman Barbera, S., (November 1994). A National Survey of Jail
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