The purposes of the Preprosecution Diversion Act are to remove those persons from the criminal justice system who are most amenable to rehabilitation and least likely to commit future offenses, to provide those persons with services designed to assist them in avoiding future criminal activity, to conserve community and criminal justice resources, to provide standard guidelines and to evaluate preprosecution programs.
§ 31-16A-2 NMSA 1978
Purpose
Known as the Preprosecution Diversion Act
The act spans §§ 31–31 (8 sections).
Laws 1981, ch. 33, § 2.
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