• Community and Living
  • Youth Offending
    • Referal from prosecution scheme
    • Bail - accommodation
    • Bail - information and advice
    • Bail - supervision
    • Community rehabilitation order
    • Community reparation orders
    • Community service orders
    • Court fines - supervision of payment
    • Drug treatment and testing orders
    • Means enquiry reports
    • Offender support and supervision
    • Parenting orders
    • Parole reports
    • Preventative services - young children
    • Probation - social service support
    • Referral orders
    • Social enquiry reports
    • Supervising attendance orders
    • Supervision orders
    • Youth justice - action plan orders
    • Youth justice - court procedures
    • Youth justice - final warning
    • Youth justice - implementation of orders
    • Youth justice - reparation orders
  • Births
  • Childcare
  • Community Advice
  • Community Centres and Facilities
  • Crime Prevention
  • Deaths, Funerals and Cremations
  • Equality and Diversity
  • Marriages
  • Safety
  • Support Groups
  • Youth Support
• Advice and Benefits
• Business
• Council and Democracy
• Education and Learning
• Environment and Planning
• Health and Social Care
• Housing
• Jobs and Careers
• Leisure and Culture
• Transport and Streets
• 

Referal from prosecution scheme

Diversion from prosecution is the referral of an accused to social work or other agencies where it is believed that formal criminal justice proceedings are not necessary (i.e. where there is no overriding public interest for a prosecution). The accused is then dealt with through 'diversion schemes' which aim to address underlying causes of offending. Diversion is designed to prevent individuals being prematurely "up-tariffed" into a custodial sentence and to stop the cycle of offending/punishment before it starts.

Please note that this service is not provided by Ryedale District Council. Information on this service is provided by North Yorkshire County Council. Please select the link on the right for further information on their website.