Net-Widening occurs when diversion has the unintended result of placing more, rather than fewer, youth under involuntary control in the community than would have been the case without a diversion policy in place.

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Net-Widening refers to the phenomenon where diversion programs intended to reduce the number of individuals under formal control inadvertently increase the number of individuals under some form of control, as more people are brought into the system who might not have been otherwise.

Net-Widening Occurs When Diversion Has the Unintended Result of Placing