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ISSUES AND REALITIES IN POLICE DIVERSION PROGRAMS

NCJ Number
37433
Journal
Crime and Delinquency Volume: 22 Issue: 4 Dated: (OCTOBER 1976) Pages: 421-427
Author(s)
M W KLEIN
Date Published
1976
Length
7 pages
Annotation
THIS PAPER OFFERS A 1976 APPRAISAL OF POLICE DIVERSION PROGRAMS FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS IN ORDER TO UPDATE A SERIES OF DIVERSION ISSUES FIRST SPECIFIED IN 1971 AND TO SUGGEST NEW DIVERSION ISSUES RAISED SINCE THAT TIME.
Abstract
THE 1971 DIVERSION ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY THE AUTHOR INCLUDE: APPROPRIATENESS OF DIVERSION, SEPARATION OF POLICE DIVERSION FROM OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, DIVERSION CRITERIA, COMMUNITY TOLERANCE TO DIVERSION, ACCOUNTABILITY OF REFERRAL AGENCIES, AND STIGMATIZATION OF DIVERTED OFFENDERS. CURRENT REALITIES DISCUSSED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE THE PROBLEMS OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION, CONTROL OF DIVERSION PROGRAMS, AND FUNDING AND STABILITY OF PROGRAMS. BOTH THE UPDATED ISSUES AND THE EMERGENT ISSUES NOTED IN THIS REPORT SUGGEST THAT POLICE INVOLVEMENT IN DIVERSION, WHILE IT HAS INCREASED AT A VERY RAPID RATE, HAS BEEN SO TENTATIVE AND EXPLORATORY THAT A WITHDRAWAL WOULD NOT BE DIFFICULT. THE ABSENCE OF OBJECTIVE IMPACT DATA AND THE LACK OF COMMITMENT TO EVALUATION ARE CITED AS MAJOR DEFICIENCIES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)

Corporate Author
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Address

S.I. Newhouse Ctr at Rutgers, 15 Washington St., Fourth Floor, Newark, NJ 07102, United States

Publication Format
Article
Language
English
Country
United States of America

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