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The Swansea Bureau: A model of diversion from the Youth Justice System

Kevin Haines, Stephen Case, Katie Davies, Anthony Charles Orcid Logo

International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, Volume: 41, Issue: 2, Pages: 167 - 187

Swansea University Authors: Kevin Haines, Stephen Case, Anthony Charles Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2013.04.002

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The Swansea Bureau is an innovative initiative designed to divert young people out of the formalprocesses of the Youth Justice System. The Swansea Bureau extends beyond simple diversion grounded inminimal or non-intervention and into tackling the underlying causes of youth crime through mechanismsth...

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Published in: International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice
ISSN: 1756-0616
Published: 2013
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