DEFERRED PROSECUTION AND DEFERRED ACCEPTANCE OF A GUILTY PLEA

• NCJ Number: 2555
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 62 pages
• Corporate Author: Honolulu Law Enforcement Planning Office
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXPLANATION AND EVALUATION OF DEFERRED PROSECUTION AND DEFERRED ACCEPTANCE OF A GUILTY PLEA IN HAWAII.

Abstract

BOTH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN FULL AND THE PROCEDURE FOR PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION IS OUTLINED. PROGRAM SUCCESS IS DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF RECIDIVISM RATES AND OTHER DATA ARE SUPPLIED ABOUT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS SUCH AS AGE AND OFFENSE. INCLUDED ARE RECOMMENDATIONS OF CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING PARTICIPANT ELIGIBILITY, A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE PROGRAMS REMAIN DISCRETIONARY IN NATURE AND NOT BE MANDATED BY LAW, AND THAT MARGINAL INDIVIDUALS BE GIVEN A CHANCE IN ONE OF THE PROGRAMS. THE APPENDICES PROVIDE FORMS TO BE FILLED OUT BY PARTICIPANT AND COURT PERSONNEL.