caa a22 4500 445805986 CHVBK 20180317145156.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10611-011-9276-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10611-011-9276-7 Smyth Philip School of Law, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland aut Diverting young offenders from crime in Ireland: the need for more checks and balances on the exercise of police discretion [Elektronische Daten] [Philip Smyth] 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. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 55/2-3(2011-04-01), 153-166 0925-4994 55:2-3<153 2011 55 10611 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9276-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10611-011-9276-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Smyth Philip School of Law, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Crime, Law and Social Change Springer Netherlands 55/2-3(2011-04-01), 153-166 0925-4994 55:2-3<153 2011 55 10611 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer