Adult pre-court disposals

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We work with practitioners to create and expand pre-court disposals for adults to keep communities safer.

Increasingly, the evidence base for pre-court diversion schemes for adults are becoming stronger and more widespread. There is a growing appetite to support adults entering the criminal justice system for low level offences, with distinct needs and vulnerabilities, and offering meaningful and effective interventions. These interventions focus on the needs of the person while seeking to minimise/avoid the negative consequences of court prosecution and criminal records. We are actively working with the police and others across the country to support them in developing evidence-led pre-court diversion for adult offenders.

We have compiled a resource page for practitioners to support the implementation of pre-court diversion schemes for adults.

Please see the below publications to learn more. To keep up to date with our latest work and recent developments in Adult Diversion please click here to subscribe to our quarterly Adult Diversion Bulletin. You can view an archive of previous bulletins here.

If you are interested in setting up or scheme or if you would like support, please email our practice officer Bami at bjolaoso@justiceinnovation.org.

 

Publications

  • Toolkit

    Pre-court diversion for adults

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    This toolkit is for practitioners who are involved in, or are considering creating, a pre-court diversion scheme for adults in contact with the criminal justice system, and offers evidence-led practical advice, based on lessons learnt from existing schemes.

  • Briefing

    Strengthening Community Diversion

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    This briefing outlines how policymakers can take a bold national approach to address the inconsistent coverage of community diversion, and strengthen the practice of this important area of police work.

  • Briefing

    Conditional cautions: An evidence review

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    We have produced a review and synthesis of the available research on the use of the conditional caution, in order to inform the implementation of the new diversionary caution by all police forces.