PRETRIAL DIVERSION - A STUDY OF THE IMPACT UPON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OF PROGRAMMED INTERVENTION BETWEEN ARREST AND TRIAL (ISSUED IN TWO VOLUMES)

• NCJ Number: 18276
• Author(s): R R GIBSON; E M MASTERS
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 218 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Nebraska Judiciary Committee
• Corporate Author: Nebraska Legislative Council
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY WHICH ASSAYS SOME EXISTING PROGRAMS FOR PRETRIAL DIVERSION AND FORMULATES PROJECTIONS OF THE POSSIBLE IMPACT OF SUCH A PROGRAM UPON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN LANCASTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA.

Abstract

VERBATIM EXCERPTS CONCERNING PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION FROM SEVERAL OF THE SIX REPORTS OF THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE STANDARDS AND GOALS ARE REPRODUCED. INCLUDED ARE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDED STANDARDS FOR PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSION. DESCRIPTIVE NARRATIVE STATEMENTS PREPARED BY THREE PROJECT DIRECTORS OPERATING PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS IN THE MINNEAPOLIS AREA ARE ALSO PRESENTED. IN ADDITION, A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE TREATMENT RELATED SERVICES AVAILABLE WITHIN THE POLK COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF COURT SERVICES IN DES MOINES, IOWA, IS INCLUDED. PLANS FOR A PRE-TRIAL DIVERSION PROJECT IN LANCASTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA, INCLUDE A PROJECT BUDGET AND PERSONNEL JOB DESCRIPTIONS. AN EXTENSIVE APPENDIX CONSTITUTES THE ENTIRE SECOND VOLUME OF THIS REPORT. MINNEAPOLIS