| Description |
214 pages ; 30 cm |
| Series |
PANDORA electronic collection
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| Contents |
Executive summary -- An international profile of diversionary programs -- Best Practice -- Equity and access -- Women -- Young People -- People from diverse cultural backgrounds -- Indigenous People -- People with mental health problems -- Conclusion -- Background -- Current policies and practices -- Introduction -- United Kingdom -- Introduction -- Arrest Referral Schemes (ARSs) -- Probation Orders -- Drug Treatment and Testing Orders (DTTOs) -- Costs -- Summary -- United States -- Introduction -- Drug Treatment Alternatives to Prison (DTAP) -- Drug Courts -- Breaking the Cycle (BTC) -- Proposition 36 (SACPA) -- Probation and Parole based treatment -- A comparative analysis : TASC, DTAP and probation orders--Costs -- Summary -- Canada -- Netherlands -- Australia -- Introduction --COAG Initiatives -- Other Australian diversion programs -- Costs -- Summary -- Best practice -- Introduction -- International standards of success and best practice -- Philosophy -- Eligibility -- Access -- Client rights -- Compliance monitoring/judicial review -- Program monitoring and evaluation -- Training -- Management, communication, role definition and demarcation -- Partnerships -- Documentation -- Legislation -- Access to a range of intervention options : treatment/education/support -- Social support and follow up -- Funding -- Summary -- Equity and access: addressing the needs of offenders -- Introduction -- Women -- Young People -- People from diverse cultural backgrounds -- Indigenous People -- People with mental health problems -- Conclusion -- |
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Appendix A -- European Union (Eli) alternatives to custodial sentences -- Member State --Alternative measures to prosecution for drug offences -- Austria -- Belgium -- Denmark -- Finland -- France -- Germany -- Greece --Ireland -- Italy -- Luxembourg -- Netherlands -- Portugal -- Spain -- Sweden -- United Kingdom -- Appendix B Australian Diversion Programs -- Appendix C Australian Legislative Provisions for Drug Courts -- Appendix D Scottish guidelines for the development of services -- Appendix E Alcohol and other Drug Council of Australia Guidelines (1996) -- Principles for Best Practice in Diversion -- The Ideal Pre-court Diversion Program -- Ideal Court Diversions and Alternative Sentencing Options -- Appendix F A Comparative Analysis of Best Practice Guidelines -- Appendix G Annotated Bibliography |
| Summary |
The report provides a useful overview of developments, trends, and outcomes in drug diversion in a number of international and interstate jurisdictions, including an analysis of best practice benchmarks for programs of this type. It draws not only upon the research literature on the diversion of drug offenders from the criminal justice system, but also upon the drug treatment literature. The results of this literature review support investment in drug diversion initiatives but also raise important issues about access for marginalised groups, a common problem for diversionary programs |
| Notes |
"A report prepared for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet Queensland" - t.p |
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"June 2003" |
| Bibliography |
Includes annotated bibliography (pages 144-214) |
| File Type |
Text and graphics |
| Notes |
Also available in print version |
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Available at: http://www.law.qut.edu.au/files/DiversionReport300603.pdf |
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader required to view/print pdf files |
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Melissa Bull 2003 |
| Subject |
Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation.
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Drug abuse and crime.
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Sentences (Criminal procedure)
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Alternatives to imprisonment.
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| Author |
Queensland. Department of the Premier and Cabinet.
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| LC no. |
00002513 |
| ISBN |
1741070333 (paperback) |
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