In this country, restorative justice takes a number of forms, but perhaps the most prominent is restorative-justice diversion.
Findings may also aid a broader audience of researchers and policy analysts who are charged with designing and evaluating criminal-justice diversion programs for treating drug-addicted offenders.
JJ agencies may further strengthen their staff's attitudes towards substance use prevention by communicating how prevention aligns with the agency's mission and the larger goals of justice reform, community diversion and reducing recidivism among youth.
However, in many circumstances a restorative justice approach to diversion and alternatives is appropriate and has many benefits.
It may not be necessary or appropriate to always adopt a restorative justice approach, and diversion and alternatives can be very effective without this.
'Justice for Children: Diversion and Alternative Measures - Workshop Report, January 2009', Child Protection Section, UNICEF Afghanistan [Pdf 541kb] Report from workshop involving stakeholders from the 8 provinces involved in the diversion and alternatives pilot project (social workers, police & prosecutors).
Afghanistan - 'Justice for Children: Diversion and Alternative Measures - Workshop Report, January 2009', Child Protection Section, UNICEF Afghanistan [Pdf 541kb] Report from workshop involving stakeholders from the 8 provinces involved in the diversion and alternatives pilot project (social workers, police & prosecutors).
As a result of this training 1,780 heads of police stations and police officers were trained on juvenile justice standards, including diversion, alternative reactions, restorative justice, interviewing techniques, and standards of arrest and detention in the country (2005-2011).
Given Judge Roberts's less than two and half years' experience on the bench, President Bush's decision to bypass the sitting justices is a diversion from his administration's pathetic performance in disaster management.
