“…(Steadman, Redlich, Callahan, Robbins & Vesselinov, 2011). Evidence for the liaison and diversion model that is preferred in England and Wales (a model that does not explicitly include aspects of therapeutic jurisprudence) is, however, more limited (Scott, McGilloway, Dempster, Browne & Donnelly, 2013;Srivastava, Forrester, Davies & Nadkarni, 2013). Similarly, although diversion at an early point in the criminal justice pathway, from police custody, has been seen as necessary and achievable (Birmingham, 2001;James, 2010), the literature presently contains few descriptions of such services.…”