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Garda Diversion Of Young Offenders: An Unreasonable Threat To Due Process Rights?, Liz Cambell
Garda Diversion Of Young Offenders: An Unreasonable Threat To Due Process Rights?, Liz Cambell
Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies
Diversion programmes play a significant role in the field of youth justice, as an alternative to the conventional court process, which aim to prevent the entry of the child into the formal justice system. The long-established practice of diverting certain young offenders from prosecution ensures that children are not drawn into the criminal justice system and are not given a criminal record (Goldson, 2000: 35). A non-statutory diversion programme entitled the Garda Liaison Scheme was established in Ireland in 1963, which diverted less serious young offenders from prosecution (Report of the Committee Appointed to Monitor the Effectiveness of the Diversion …