Is diversion just a diversion?
This paper examines the diversion of the mentally disordered offender against a background of the treatment of the mentally disordered in general. Some myths about incarceration are explored and the proposal is made that diversion is not a new idea. Finally, caution is expressed in the espousal of diversion in an uncritical fashion.
Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Loughborough, Leicestershire.
H
H
Prins
D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D011330:Prisons; D006113:United Kingdom