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The work is supported by the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs Council. The study aims to understand the implementation, impact and cost-effectiveness of police drug diversion. A quantitative impact evaluation compares health and re-offending outcomes.
- Police-initiated diversion for adults
Police-led diversion programmes are discretionary...
- Police-initiated diversion for adults
Police-initiated diversion programmes provide an alternative to prosecution for young people who have previously had limited or no involvement with the criminal justice system. Young people are ‘diverted’ away the criminal justice system with the aim of reducing future offending.
Police-led diversion programmes are discretionary interventions initiated by the police in response to individuals committing qualifying criminal offences. These interventions ‘divert’ individuals away from formal criminal justice processes – such as prosecution – towards non-criminal justice alternatives, with the aim of reducing ...
What is a Diversionary Scheme? Many different types of diversionary schemes exist, usually established through partnership working, to prevent offending or reoffending and are often part of early intervention or prevention initiatives.
Diversion programmes, centred on minimal intervention and diverting children from the formal justice system, are not only compatible with these developmental realities but also align with the goal of the YJS to facilitate a successful, prosocial transition into adulthood while holding young people accountable for their
What is youth diversion? criminal conviction and other negative consequences. These schemes operate for under-18. The evidence base.
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‘Diversion schemes’ are police-led programmes that divert people caught committing minor offences away from the criminal justice system, to other measures instead. Drug offence diversion schemes usually apply to the possession of illegal drugs for personal use, or sometimes to minor supply or cultivation offences.
