Youth Court - Playing to win: youth offenders out of court (and sometimes in) [pdf, 241 KB]
...started informally to implement restorative justice processes at sentencing. This was later formalised in statute. And now there is a mandatory requirement that restorative justice be, at the very least, explored to all levels of offending after a guilty plea. Our schools, workplaces, and even some small cities, are drawing on the expertise and experience of restorative theory to underpin their processes. Restorative justice is spreading wide, and fast. Youth justice systems continue to...