Alternatives to Traditional ProsecutionsProsecutors have other duties in a court besides filing charges. These duties and strategies include diversion, deferred sentencing, and deferred prosecution. These strategies offer offenders the opportunity to fulfill some of their obligations. Bonds are the exchange for the prosecutor's decision to avoid formal charges (Buzawa, 2012). Diversion is a court program that offers an alternative to prosecution. Each court has its well-defined diversion programs and different sets of eligibility requirements. In some cases, diversion programs appear very formal and structured. Some of these formal programs include mental health diversion and extrajudicial sanctions often offered by juvenile court. There are also types of diversion that are very informal and can sometimes involve offering a service to the community or making a donation to a charity. However, despite the presence of differences, all diversion programs have a common characteristic, such that they all belong to an alternative prosecution category. The court recognizes these alternatives to the extent that it does not deal with all types of offenses brought before it. Additionally, he can argue that helping the community sometimes compensates for the harm caused by an offense. Therefore, diversion refers to programmatic and informal methods that divert offenders from the criminal justice system. Diversion has existed since the emergence of community corrections (Friman, 2010). The push for diversion programs followed the recommendation of the President's Commission on Law Enforcement in 1967. Additionally, there was...... middle of paper ....... Despite Although there are some characteristic differences regarding the alternative to prosecution, they all serve similar purposes in the criminal justice system.ReferencesBuzawa, Eva Schlesinger, Carl G. Buzawa, Evan Stark, and Eva Schlesinger Buzawa. 2012. Responding to domestic violence: integrating criminal justice and social services. Friman, Hakan and Darryl Robinson. 2010. An introduction to international criminal law and criminal procedure. Cambridge University Press. http://www.myilibrary.com?id=272492.Welch, Casey and John R. Fuller. 2014. U.S. Criminal Courts Legal Process and Social Context. Boston, MA: Anderson Publishing/Elsevier. http://www.contentreserve.com/TitleInfo.asp?ID={87D1EF0B-F44D-42C6-8A8F-F46D5BACCB4F}&Format=50.Britz, Marjie. 2009. Computer forensics and cybercrime: an introduction. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.