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- Diversion programs connect individuals to treatment instead of criminal sanctions and are used more frequently to address substance use. This systematic scoping review included 31 published empirical studies to examine evaluations of diversion programs that address substance use and misuse.
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Mar 19, 2021 · This systematic scoping review included 31 published empirical studies to examine evaluations of diversion programs that address substance use and misuse. We assessed the program characteristics and implementation settings, as well as the outcomes measured and study methods used.
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Mar 19, 2021 · Diversion programs connect individuals to treatment instead of criminal sanctions and are used more frequently to address substance use. This systematic scoping review included 31...
Diversion programs connect individuals to treatment instead of criminal sanctions and are used more frequently to address substance use. This systematic scoping review included 31 published empirical studies to examine evaluations of diversion programs that address substance use and misuse.
- Leah Dean
- What Principles Should A Diversion Scheme Be Based on?
- How Will The Scheme Operate?
- Which Offences Are Covered, and How Is Diversion determined?
- Initial Action at Point of Contact/Offence
- How Are Actions/Sanctions recorded?
- Dealing with Repeat Offences
- Dealing with Youth
- Key Things to Avoid
- Monitoring and Evaluation Framework - Outcomes
Diversion schemes, and guidance to develop them, should be based on the following principles: Key to the success of diversion is avoiding harming someone’s life chances with a declarable criminal record that can negatively impact on employment, education, and other opportunities, and increase the risk of reoffending. Avoid harmful net widening or d...
Any diversion scheme should seek to ensure that people caught for low level drug offences are diverted away from the criminal justice system to an appropriate intervention. For example, police forces could adopt a street warning scheme (like the cannabis warning scheme) or a referral to an education programme similar to a speed awareness course, sh...
Diversion should apply to all those who are caught in possession of a controlled drug for personal use regardless of offending history. Consideration may be given to incorporating low level supply offences where the offender is involved in social supply or supply to support their own drug dependency, this is the approach that has been adopted in Du...
Is the diversion post arrest, or does it avoid arrest altogether? Avoiding arrest is generally preferable as less negative impact on the person concerned, and less police time required. Confiscation/disposal of drugs - normally standard procedure Can initial action be done in the field, or does it have to be done at the station? What is the process...
How are different actions and sanctions processed, and who by? While should be no formal criminal record, it is also key to avoid any record of the intervention appearing during external criminal record checks except in exceptional circumstances.
Most diversion programs in Australia allow repeat offences - but may differ in requirements and responses for further offences. 1. The Bristol Drug Education Programme only allows one offence to be eligible for diversion. 2. TVP scheme concluded one chance was not adequate as many people with drug problems will require more than one engagement with...
There are particular sensitivities around young people, requiring different stakeholder involvement Must make decisions around whether to treat under 18s, or other young people (including up to what age someone qualifies as young) differently. For example, the Bristol DEP has a separate course for under 18s If police already have youth caution or “...
Escalation to criminal charges (e.g. for non-payment of fine, failure in treatment, repeat offences, relapse etc) as this is counterproductive and likely to disproportionately impact most vulnerable Discriminatory application against minority groups and children/young people, or by geography, socio economic status - so an equality impact assessment...
Program penetration, numbers diverted compared to numbers eligible for diversion, by demographic. This is important for assessing if there is discriminatory application, with particular groups being over or under diverted Cost of diversion versus traditional criminal justice response Costs or benefits accruing outside (e.g. to treatment groups, hea...
Sep 1, 2023 · Findings support the need for schools to invest more funding, resources, and staff training in implementing diversion programs to address student substance use. Diversion programs may help to reduce overall student substance use and increase equity.
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Dec 1, 2009 · Tentative evidence suggests that court-based diversion programs that mandate treatment adherence serve to reduce the amount of jail time that the mentally ill accused serve relative to treatment as usual or to jail-based diversion programs that do not mandate and monitor treatment compliance.
Jun 21, 2010 · The two main areas of diversion programs are (1) addressing substance abuse disorders and (2) punishing through a restorative justice framework. Diversion programs are markedly different than general sentencing due to the specific nature of the diversion programming.
