Titre : | An overview of diversion strategies for Australian drug-related offenders |
Titre traduit : | (Panorama des mesures judiciaires concernant les délits liés aux drogues en Australie) |
Auteurs : | C. SPOONER ; W. HALL ; R. P. MATTICK |
Type de document : | Périodique |
Année de publication : | 2001 |
Format : | 281-294 / fig. |
Note générale : | Drug and Alcohol Review, 2001, 20, (3), 281-294 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | MAR (Marchés / Markets) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus mots-clés ILS ; DELIT ; ARRESTATION ; CONDAMNATION ; PEINE ALTERNATIVEThésaurus géographique AUSTRALIE |
Résumé : | This paper provides a descriptive overview of options for diversion of drug-related offenders from the criminal justice system. Drug-related offences include drug offences (for example, possession of a prohibited substance); offences that are directly linked to intoxication (for example, drink-driving or assault); and offences committed to support drug use (for example, theft). After an offence has been detected by police, multiple opportunities for diversion occur throughout the criminal justice process. (a) Pre-arrest: when an offence is first detected, prior to a charge being laid. This is known as police diversion and includes fines, warnings and cautions, sometimes with educational information or referral to assessment and treatment. (b) Pre-trial. when a charge is made but before the matter is heard at court. Examples are treatment as a condition of bail, conferencing and prosecutor discretion. (c) Pre-sentence: a delay of sentence while assessment and treatment are sought. (d) Post-sentence: as part of sentencing, for example suspended sentences, drug courts, non-custodial sentences and circle sentencing. (e) Pre-release: prior to release from a sentence, on parole. Issues for diversion programmes include net widening, the ethics of coercion to treatment, the needs of families and intersectoral collaboration. A framework for diversion is presented in which increasingly treatment-focused and coercive diversion strategies are used as offenders' criminal careers and drug problems increase. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Refs biblio. : | 82 |
Affiliation : | National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia |
Numéro Toxibase : | 803744 |
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