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Aug 2, 2022 · Section 17(3) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 restricts the use of simple cautions for certain either-way offences (offences which, if committed by an adult, are triable either on...
Oct 27, 2023 · Diversion is a term that can refer to several different concepts and has no fixed meaning in the law in England and Wales. The two most common concepts are diversion from court and diversion at...
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.
Pre-court diversion operates in two ways: first, people who are arrested and likely to receive a formal out of court disposal can be diverted into either a less serious out of court disposal or an informal disposal; second, people who have been arrested and are likely to be prosecuted in court can be diverted into either a formal out of court di...
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A diversion program, also known as a pretrial diversion program or pretrial intervention program, in the criminal justice system is a form of pretrial sentencing that helps remedy the behavior leading to the arrest.
Diversion from prosecution is a process by which the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) are able to refer a case to social work – and their partners – as a means of addressing the underlying causes of alleged offending when this is deemed the most appropriate course of action.
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.