How close co-operation with the Scottish Independent Prosecutor, the Procurator Fiscal, can enhance the use of discretion to steer even higher risk offenders away from prosecution and towards services meeting individual need. 1
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This article is based on Social Work Diversion: The First 12 Months (May '85-April '86), Ray Myers, Lothian Social Work Department, 1986, abridged by Nigel Stone.
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Stewart CommitteeReport Keeping Offenders Out of Court: Further Alternatives to Prosecution, Cmnd 8958, HMSO, 1983.
