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Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD)
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD): Paradigm LEAD National Support Bureau Shift National Forum on Criminal Justice • •
Lisa Daugaard LEAD National Support Bureau/Public Defender Association (Seattle) August 9, 2016
•
Judicial Symposium on Using the Law and Economics to Reform the Criminal Justice System Mason Judicial Education Program 12/11/2015
• •
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
What is LEAD?
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Origins of LEAD
• Resolution of years of litigation over racial disparity in Seattle drug arrests • Responsive to community calls for something more humane and fair that was not ―less‖ • Launched in Seattle/King County October 2011 with grant funding
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
What is LEAD?
• Community-based diversion program for people whose criminal activity is due to behavioral health issues • Arrest diversion • Social contact referral • Law enforcement is the primary portal
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
What is LEAD?
•
Case manager & participant agree on an individual intervention plan
•
Only requirements for participation: complete psychosocial intake & sign release of information
•
Key feature after program entry: comprehensive coordination of all ―touches‖ with the LEAD participant, especially by prosecutors
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Core Principles of LEAD
•
Harm reduction framework; abstinence is not required; Housing First
•
No one ―fails‖ LEAD
•
Operational partners make the choice that is empirically most likely to achieve behavior change
•
Continuous community engagement is essential politically and operationally
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Goals of LEAD
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Why LEAD Matters
www.LEADBureau.org www.LEADBureau.org || [email protected] [email protected]
Replication and fidelity to the model
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Outcomes
•
Independent evaluation by University of Washington research team
•
Non-randomized control design showing causation
•
Compared to control group jailed & prosecuted as usual, LEAD participants were 58% less likely to be arrested after program involvement
•
Program costs less than system-as-usual processing, with savings estimated conservatively; and costs can fall further (now about $350/month per participant)
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Recidivism Effects Percent of participants with ≥ 1 arrest prior and subsequent to evaluation entry 100% 90%
83% 77%
80%
80%
70% 60%
58%
50%
Pre-evaluation entry Post-evaluation entry
40% 30% 20% 10% 0% LEAD Group
Control Group
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Replication
•
July 2015 White House LEAD National Convening—25 jurisdictions
•
LEAD underway in Santa Fe, NM; Huntington, WV; Canton, OH; Albany, NY
•
Planning efforts underway in numerous jurisdictions from Maine to Hawaii and broadly differing in size and demographics
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Replication
•
Primary barrier to LEAD implementation is funding
•
Jurisdictions that have implemented Medicaid expansion can leverage ACA dollars to pay for many LEAD services (e.g., chemical dependency treatment, mental health care, health and dental care)
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Paradigm Shift •
LEAD, if fully implemented, allows communities to reserve police, prosecutors, and courts for where they are most needed
•
Facilitates the shift to using public health strategies – including harm reduction, Housing First, sustained relationships, trauma-informed engagement and no shaming -- for public health problems
•
Recognizes the harm done by charging and/or convicting someone of a crime if that is not necessary or helpful in achieving behavior change
•
Katherine Beckett article in Harvard Law & Policy Review on ―Harm Reduction Policing‖ & Reconciliation Impact on LEAD www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Contact Information LEAD National Support Bureau www.LEADBureau.org [email protected] Seattle: 206.392.0050 x795 New York: 347.961.8071
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD): Paradigm LEAD National Support Bureau Shift National Forum on Criminal Justice • •
Lisa Daugaard LEAD National Support Bureau/Public Defender Association (Seattle) August 9, 2016
•
Judicial Symposium on Using the Law and Economics to Reform the Criminal Justice System Mason Judicial Education Program 12/11/2015
• •
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
What is LEAD?
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Origins of LEAD
• Resolution of years of litigation over racial disparity in Seattle drug arrests • Responsive to community calls for something more humane and fair that was not ―less‖ • Launched in Seattle/King County October 2011 with grant funding
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
What is LEAD?
• Community-based diversion program for people whose criminal activity is due to behavioral health issues • Arrest diversion • Social contact referral • Law enforcement is the primary portal
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
What is LEAD?
•
Case manager & participant agree on an individual intervention plan
•
Only requirements for participation: complete psychosocial intake & sign release of information
•
Key feature after program entry: comprehensive coordination of all ―touches‖ with the LEAD participant, especially by prosecutors
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Core Principles of LEAD
•
Harm reduction framework; abstinence is not required; Housing First
•
No one ―fails‖ LEAD
•
Operational partners make the choice that is empirically most likely to achieve behavior change
•
Continuous community engagement is essential politically and operationally
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Goals of LEAD
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Why LEAD Matters
www.LEADBureau.org www.LEADBureau.org || [email protected] [email protected]
Replication and fidelity to the model
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Outcomes
•
Independent evaluation by University of Washington research team
•
Non-randomized control design showing causation
•
Compared to control group jailed & prosecuted as usual, LEAD participants were 58% less likely to be arrested after program involvement
•
Program costs less than system-as-usual processing, with savings estimated conservatively; and costs can fall further (now about $350/month per participant)
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Recidivism Effects Percent of participants with ≥ 1 arrest prior and subsequent to evaluation entry 100% 90%
83% 77%
80%
80%
70% 60%
58%
50%
Pre-evaluation entry Post-evaluation entry
40% 30% 20% 10% 0% LEAD Group
Control Group
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Replication
•
July 2015 White House LEAD National Convening—25 jurisdictions
•
LEAD underway in Santa Fe, NM; Huntington, WV; Canton, OH; Albany, NY
•
Planning efforts underway in numerous jurisdictions from Maine to Hawaii and broadly differing in size and demographics
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Replication
•
Primary barrier to LEAD implementation is funding
•
Jurisdictions that have implemented Medicaid expansion can leverage ACA dollars to pay for many LEAD services (e.g., chemical dependency treatment, mental health care, health and dental care)
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Paradigm Shift •
LEAD, if fully implemented, allows communities to reserve police, prosecutors, and courts for where they are most needed
•
Facilitates the shift to using public health strategies – including harm reduction, Housing First, sustained relationships, trauma-informed engagement and no shaming -- for public health problems
•
Recognizes the harm done by charging and/or convicting someone of a crime if that is not necessary or helpful in achieving behavior change
•
Katherine Beckett article in Harvard Law & Policy Review on ―Harm Reduction Policing‖ & Reconciliation Impact on LEAD www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
Contact Information LEAD National Support Bureau www.LEADBureau.org [email protected] Seattle: 206.392.0050 x795 New York: 347.961.8071
www.LEADBureau.org | [email protected]
