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Aug 2, 2022 · Simple cautioning (and Conditional Cautioning) are the only formal disposals which fall short of prosecution; but it is not the only way to divert an individual from the criminal justice system....
Oct 27, 2023 · Key issues are whether: diversion is away from the youth justice system, or away from offending behaviour, with, again, the first requiring only the diversion and the second...
Feb 8, 2024 · A diversion program is an alternative sentencing option that allows a defendant charged with certain crimes to avoid a criminal conviction. Diversion or pretrial diversion may be available to people facing first-time arrests or non-violent misdemeanor offenses.
Defining pre-court diversion. The term ‘diversion’ describes a wide range of models across the criminal justice system, from initiatives that aim to keep ‘at risk’ people out of the criminal justice system altogether, to those that provide an alternative to custody.
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Diversion, any of a variety of programs that implement strategies seeking to avoid the formal processing of an offender by the criminal justice system. Although those strategies, referred to collectively as diversion, take many forms, a typical diversion program results in a person who has been.
The aim of this review was to assess the operation and impact of diversion from prosecution in Scotland. We sought to provide an overview of diversion practice from a policing, prosecution and justice social work perspective, highlight what is working well and explore any barriers to the more effective use of diversion.
Diversion is not the same as community corrections – but it is presented in this chapter, as an action that effectively keeps a person in the community. Diversion is a process whereby an individual, at some stage, is diverted from continuing on in the formal justice process.