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Pretrial Diversion Abstract
Publication year:
1998
| Cataloged on:
Jun. 14, 2007
ANNOTATION: Pretrial Diversion is described as "a strategy designed to offer non-punitive case processing to selected individuals charged with a crime." This abstract briefly traces the history of diversion programs in the U.S., and reaffirms its goal of reducing recidivism through rehabilitation. The principal way this is accomplished is by intervening in the prosecution process before it gets to the courts and by offering individuals an opportunity to make significant changes to their lives.