Seattle’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD): Program Effects on Recidivism Outcomes

Seattle’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD): Program Effects on Recidivism Outcomes

The report examines the relative effectiveness of the LEAD program compared to the ‘system‐as‐usual’ control condition in reducing criminal recidivism (i.e., arrests and charges).

  • People in LEAD were 60% less likely than people in the control group to be arrested within the first 6 months of the evaluation.
  • Over the entire course of the evaluation to date, people in LEAD were 58% less likely than people in the control group to be arrested (see below).

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