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Defence for Children International Beijing Rules DIVERSION
The Commentary highlights the benefit of diversion, such as the lack of stigma where there is conviction and sentence, and states that in some cases, such as non-serious offences, no intervention at all may be the optimal response, especially where there has already been some response by family or school or other informal social control institutions. The police, prosecution or other agencies dealing with juvenile cases may at their discretion and without recourse to formal hearings dispose of cases in accordance with the criteria laid down in the respective legal systems and the principles contained in the Rules. Diversion may be to community programmes such as temporary supervision and guidance, restitution and compensation of victims. A pre-condition to diversion will be the free consent of the juvenile or his/her parents or guardians reviewable by a competent authority on application.
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