DIVERSION PROGRAM

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DIVERSION PROGRAM

diversion program.

1. Criminal law. A program that refers certain criminal defendants before trial to community programs on job training, education, and the like, which if successfully completed may lead to the dismissal of the charges. ¡ª Also termed pretrial diversion; pretrial intervention. Cf. deferred judgment under JUDGMENT. [Cases: Sentencing and Punishment 2051¨C2054. C.J.S. Criminal Law ¡ì¡ì 425¨C444, 449¨C450.]

2. A community-based program or set of services designed to prevent the need for court intervention in matters of child neglect, minor juvenile delinquency, truancy, or incorrigibility. ? Sustained by government funding, the program provides services quickly and in a nonadversarial manner so that there is no need for a formal court trial.

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