The Adult Civil Citation Network: An Innovative Pre-Charge Diversion Program for Misdemeanor Offenders.

The article discusses the adverse effects on persons who had never been arrested in the past but were arrested for the first time for a misdemeanor offence. Topics discussed include some misdemeanor offences like petit theft, disorderly conduct and others, offenders go through the formal criminal justice process, the effect of the arrest on prospective employment opportunities and suggestions to provide socially responsible approaches to address consequences of first time, low level arrestees.