Compliance law

Diversion entails a wide range of interventions. These interventions are alternatives to the
original formal process in the court. For example, diversion program in Juveniles or teen court
may aim at diverting detention while awaiting adjudication. I have once witnessed an individual
involved in diversion program in teen court. Teen court is a type of diversion program that is
designed to provide an alternative to formal juvenile court proceedings. The teen I witnessed
being involved in this diversion program was a 15-year-old boy who was found in possession of
alcohol. The procedure of this program started in the courtroom whereby a judge presided over
the interview session. The jurors and the judge asked the defendant several questions that were
relevant to alcohol possession, school, and family matters (Walker, 2011). After the questioning,
the jurors assembled in a private room to prepare a brief statement about their views on the
defendants crime.
The teen was sanctioned with writing essays when free and writing a letter of apology to
the community. The involvement of the teen in these activities was of great help because he was
able to abstain from drug abuse. As a result, there was tremendous improvement because the teen
did not engage into similar behavior again because he was busy doing community work and
writing essays. To help achieve this, the Teen court case manager tracked the case very well to
ensure the boy completed the sanction before closing case (Walker, 2011). Intervention is very
important for those teens involved in minor crimes because they give the community the chance
to offer immediate guidance to first-time youthful offenders. It is true that home confinement
with electronic monitoring is deterrent because it discourages offenders from committing
offences. Despite this discouragement from committing offences, home confinement has several
negativities like discrimination against indigent families, violations and false positives, and flight

risks and emotional effects (Walker, 2011). In most cases, the juveniles are the ones who are
subjected to home confinement.