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Recently there have been many threads about people who've done wrongs and worrying about their medical career...or potential one. I've got a question here. My housemate has got a diversion for some minor offence in his 3rd year, and he's now in residency, so clearly it didn't stop him from being liscensed to practise medicine. So I look up a bit about what a diversion really is, one thing interesting came up...
So afterall, what's the point of having a diversion? From what I know, the point of giving diversions is to divert people who've committed very minor offences from the court, so the court can reduce its cases to handle and also allow those people a chance to be good again without jeopardising their future. HOWEVER, when those people get a police check in hard copy, it will show what the offence is, that a diversion has been granted, and the case is dismissed. SOOOOOO, how does a diversion not jeopardise one's future? How does a diversion give someone another chance? From my limited legal knowledge, one might say that a diversion is the same as a good behaviour bond, which is one level up in terms of severity, and one level under a conviction. Why is it that so many people say a diversion will not show on the police check and there's no record? I mean, clearly there is a record; if not, how can the police tell whether someone has got a diversion before and whether or not he is worthy to be granted one?
The legal system sometimes does seem a little bit wtf....
So afterall, what's the point of having a diversion? From what I know, the point of giving diversions is to divert people who've committed very minor offences from the court, so the court can reduce its cases to handle and also allow those people a chance to be good again without jeopardising their future. HOWEVER, when those people get a police check in hard copy, it will show what the offence is, that a diversion has been granted, and the case is dismissed. SOOOOOO, how does a diversion not jeopardise one's future? How does a diversion give someone another chance? From my limited legal knowledge, one might say that a diversion is the same as a good behaviour bond, which is one level up in terms of severity, and one level under a conviction. Why is it that so many people say a diversion will not show on the police check and there's no record? I mean, clearly there is a record; if not, how can the police tell whether someone has got a diversion before and whether or not he is worthy to be granted one?
The legal system sometimes does seem a little bit wtf....