DIVERTING OFFENDERS FROM PROSECUTION: CAN WE LEARN FROM OTHER
01 January 1991
DIVERTING OFFENDERS FROM PROSECUTION: CAN WE LEARN FROM OTHER
COUNTRIES? refdoc August=1991
JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 009978 , Acc Date = 01-Dec-86
A Sanders
Justice Peace, 27 Sep 1986 150(39) pp614-617
Use of the police caution for juvenile offenders has increased,
but slowly and inconsistently because of the conflict between the
desire to avoid court proceedings and the belief that the caution
is not always the best way to prevent future criminal activity.
Other countries may offer models for diversionary methods which
are as positive as prosecution but less stigmatising and more
effective: examples include reparation, mediation, conciliation
and the conditional waiver of prosecution which is widely used
in Europe. Concludes that diversion must not continue as an ad
hoc development but should be based on a clearly thought out
policy within which a wide measure of discretion can be
exercised.
United Kingdom, penal system, young offender, delinquency, crime
prevention, Europe, Helsinki Institute for Crime
Prevention and Control
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