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What is a 'diversion' in criminal justice?
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Is diversion the same as community corrections?
What are the different types of diversion?
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.
r 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 accused of a crime being directed into a treatment or care program as an alternative to crim.
In this way, diversion can be represented not simply as a modification of the justice system, but potentially as a radical form of prac-tice, incorporating and realising the logic of rights and social justice in its delivery.
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 is a process whereby an individual, at some stage, is diverted from continuing on in the formal justice process. Diversion can come as early as initial contact with a law enforcement officer, if they exercise their discretion to not arrest, and thus place the individual in the criminal justice system.
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 through the formal justice process.
This article takes a closer look at the key justice system decision points at which diversion can take place, the purpose of diversion at each point, the decision-makers, and examples of diversion options.
