Alternatives for Traditional Prosecution Prosecutors have other duties in a court of law besides filing charges. These duties and strategies include diversion, deferred sentencing, and deferred prosecution. These strategies offer offenders the opportunity to fulfill some of the obligations. Obligations are the change in the prosecutor's decision to avoid formal charges (Buzawa, 2012). Diversion is a court program that provides an alternative to prosecution. Each court has its own well-defined diversion programs and different set of eligibility requirements. In some cases, diversion programs appear to be very formal and structured. Some of these formal programs include mental health diversion and non-judicial sanctions often offered in juvenile court. There are also very informal forms of diversion which may sometimes involve offering a community service or donating to a charity. However, despite the presence of differences, all diversion programs have some common characteristics such that they all belong to a category of alternative procedures. The Court recognizes these alternatives as it does not deal with all types of crimes before it. Furthermore, it can be argued that helping the community sometimes compensates for the harm caused by a crime. Thus, diversion refers to programmatic and informal methods that divert offenders away from the criminal justice system. Diversion has existed since the emergence of community-based corrections (Friman, 2010). The impetus for diversion programs followed the recommendation of the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement in the year 1967. Also there were...... half of the document....... Despite the presence of some divergences characteristics regarding the alternative to prosecution, all serve similar purposes in the criminal justice system. References Buzawa, Eva Schlesinger, Carl G. Buzawa, Evan Stark, and Eva Schlesinger Buzawa. 2012. Responding to Domestic Violence: Integrating Criminal Justice and Human Services. Friman, Hakan and Darryl Robinson. 2010. An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure. Cambridge University Press. http://www.myilibrary.com?id=272492.Welch, Casey and John R. Fuller. 2014. American Criminal Courts Legal Process and Social Context. Boston, Mass.: 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, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.