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diversion programs  

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  • Diversion is a strategy that seeks to avoid formal processing of an offender by the criminal justice system. Diversion occurs when a person has been accused of a crime, but officials decide to halt or suspend the processing of the offender into the system. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Diversion Programs]

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