In July of 2010, Georgian Criminal Procedure Code was amended and discretionary prosecution was introduced. The new rules made it possible to develop programs, such as Juvenile Diversion Program. If there is a reasonable suspicion that a juvenile committed a less grave crime and...

In order to improve diverted juveniles' social functioning social worker works with three main directions, namely:   Prevention - the delivery of social services in order to avoid further complications;   Rehabilitation - to help delinquent juveniles who have low social...

Diversion and mediation program is a new mechanism for exempting juveniles from criminal liability. It is the goal of the program to exempt a juvenile from criminal liability, if he / she committed less grave crime first time. The new program serves for diverting a juvenile from the chain of...

Juveniles in Juvenile Diversion and Mediation Program whose behavior does not have a specific victim are involved in various activities for the community. Those social activities may include: Cleaning streets and squares; Cleaning public...

Diversion and mediation program for juveniles has been functioning from 15th November, 2010. Program gives chance to those juveniles, who have first time committed less grave crime. Major purpose of the program is to return full scale citizen to the society. For this very reason, rehabilitation and...

Statistical data on Diversion programs for 2019: (For detailed information and Statistical data on Diversion Programs in Georgia, please refer to the 2019 report on Diversion Programs) 2019 Report on Diversion Programs 2018 Report on Diversion...