Diverting young offenders from crime in Ireland: the need for more checks and balances on the exercise of police discretion
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 territo...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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Crime, law and social change
Year: 2011, Volume: 55, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 153-166 |
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