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- This toolkit is for any practitioner who is involved in, or considering creating, a pre-court diversion scheme for adults in contact with the criminal justice system.
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This toolkit is for any practitioner who is involved in, or considering creating, a pre-court diversion scheme for adults in contact with the criminal justice system. What is pre-court diversion? Pre-court diversion seeks to offer a swift and meaningful response to low-level offending.
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Pre-court diversion offers a swift and meaningful response to low-level offending by reducing the intensity of the criminal justice response (de-escalation). It refers to the use of pre-court disposals that de-escalate criminal justice system involvement.
This toolkit is for practitioners who are involved in, or are considering creating, a pre-court diversion scheme for adults in contact with the criminal justice system. It offers evidence-led practical advice, based on lessons learnt from existing schemes.
This toolkit is for any practitioner who is involved in, or considering creating, a pre-court diversion scheme for adults in contact with the criminal justice system. Published in May 2020 by the Centre for Justice Innovation.
What is pre-court diversion, who can benefit and why do the schemes work? This toolkit outlines to practitioners how effective pre-court diversion could be, explains what it may look like and provides the policy context to develop best practice.
Pre-court diversion could reduce reoffending by protecting children from experiencing the criminal justice system. A formal charge and court processing might introduce them to criminal values, attitudes, or techniques.
Pre-court diversion involves programmes or initiatives designed to keep children and young people out of the criminal justice system without issuing a criminal charge or formally processing them through the courts. The aim of pre-court diversion is to ‘save youth from a life of crime’.
