RT Article
T1 Diverting young offenders from crime in Ireland: the need for more checks and balances on the exercise of police discretion
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 55
IS 2/3
SP 153
OP 166
A1 Smyth, Philip
LA English
YR 2011
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1855009021
AB The Irish police (the Garda Síochána) have been exercising their law enforcement discretion to pursue a diversionary strategy for young offenders since at least 1953. Working in a street environment of low visibility they have managed to expand their traditional law enforcement function into territory more appropriately reserved for courts, social workers and probation officers. This article charts the development of this expansion and examines its current manifestation in the juvenile diversion programme. It argues that the welfare benefits for the young offenders are being purchased at the cost of due process rights, and that there is a need for more custom built accountability checks and balances to strike a better balance in the programme.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 164-166
K1 Juvenile Justice
K1 Juvenile Justice System
K1 Juvenile Offender
K1 Police Officer
K1 Probation Officer
DO 10.1007/s10611-011-9276-7