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DIVERTING MENTALLY DISTURBED OFFENDERS...
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Policy Paper 2.
DIVERTING MENTALLY DISTURBED OFFENDERS FROM PRISON

Author(s): NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE CARE AND RESETTLEMENT OF
OFFENDERS Publisher: NACRO 1993, 24pp
Keywords: Prisons Policing CPS Probation Service

Contents:
1. What is diversion and how does it operate?
: Prior to arrest or detention
: At the point of arrest or detention
: At the police station
: Prior to a first court appearance

2. Why divert mentally disturbed offenders?

3. Increasing the effectiveness of diversion
: Police
: Forensic medical examiners
: General psychiatrists
: Solicitors
: Crown prosecution service
: Probation service
: Appropriate adults
: Approved social workers

4. Monitoring and evaluation
5. The way forward: Conclusion and recommendations

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