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WA: diversion, you know, for kids

From the Tacoma News Tribune:Juveniles: Out of trouble, into better lifeGetting into trouble turned out to be a blessing for Kristen Larkin. A prank two years ago landed the Parkland teen in a diversion program run by the Pierce County Juvenile Court. Instead of being prosecuted for two crimes, Larkin, then 16, worked with a group of volunteers to set her life on a better path.Now, instead of carrying a criminal record, Larkin is set to graduate from the Running Start program at Pierce College and plans to pursue her bachelor?s degree at a four-year university. She credits the diversion program and its community accountability boards with helping to make it happen. ?It kind of changed my life,? she said...

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on May 08, 2009 (boomark / email).