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NORTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION (LEAD): CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPTIMIZING ELIGIBILITY AND REFERRAL

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Gilbert, AR; Siegel, R; Easter, MM; Hofer, MS; Sivaraman, JC; Ariturk, D; Swanson, JW; Swartz, MS; Wygle, R; Feng, G
Published in: Law and Contemporary Problems
January 1, 2023

In 2011, a diverse group of stakeholders in Seattle, Washington, developed an alternative to repeated arrests and incarceration of people whose low-level unlawful conduct stemmed from unmet behavioral health needs, launching a new model called Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD). Centered at the intersection of public health, public safety, and racial justice, LEAD was the nation’s first pre-arrest, pre-booking strategy to address the high rates of recidivism for people who use illicit drugs.1 The LEAD program diverts people away from incarceration and into community-based care at the time of potential arrest. Instead of prosecution and incarceration, LEAD intends to provide longterm, client-directed, street-based intensive case management based on harm reduction principles.

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Marvin Stanley Swartz
Author Marvin Stanley Swartz Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychia ...
Jeffrey W. Swanson
Author Jeffrey W. Swanson Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychia ...
Michele Easter
Author Michele Easter Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychia ...
Allison Gilbert
Author Allison Gilbert Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychia ...

Published In

Law and Contemporary Problems

ISSN

0023-9186

Publication Date

January 1, 2023

Volume

86

Issue

1

Start / End Page

73 / 101

Related Subject Headings

  • Law
  • 4804 Law in context
  • 1801 Law
 

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Gilbert, A. R., Siegel, R., Easter, M. M., Hofer, M. S., Sivaraman, J. C., Ariturk, D., … Feng, G. (2023). NORTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION (LEAD): CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPTIMIZING ELIGIBILITY AND REFERRAL. Law and Contemporary Problems, 86(1), 73–101.
Gilbert, A. R., R. Siegel, M. M. Easter, M. S. Hofer, J. C. Sivaraman, D. Ariturk, J. W. Swanson, M. S. Swartz, R. Wygle, and G. Feng. “NORTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION (LEAD): CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPTIMIZING ELIGIBILITY AND REFERRAL.” Law and Contemporary Problems 86, no. 1 (January 1, 2023): 73–101.
Gilbert AR, Siegel R, Easter MM, Hofer MS, Sivaraman JC, Ariturk D, et al. NORTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION (LEAD): CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPTIMIZING ELIGIBILITY AND REFERRAL. Law and Contemporary Problems. 2023 Jan 1;86(1):73–101.
Gilbert, A. R., et al. “NORTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION (LEAD): CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPTIMIZING ELIGIBILITY AND REFERRAL.” Law and Contemporary Problems, vol. 86, no. 1, Jan. 2023, pp. 73–101.
Gilbert AR, Siegel R, Easter MM, Hofer MS, Sivaraman JC, Ariturk D, Swanson JW, Swartz MS, Wygle R, Feng G. NORTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION (LEAD): CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPTIMIZING ELIGIBILITY AND REFERRAL. Law and Contemporary Problems. 2023 Jan 1;86(1):73–101.

Published In

Law and Contemporary Problems

ISSN

0023-9186

Publication Date

January 1, 2023

Volume

86

Issue

1

Start / End Page

73 / 101

Related Subject Headings

  • Law
  • 4804 Law in context
  • 1801 Law