Police Keen to Try Using Restorative Justice in the UK |TODAY|
Submitted by dan.
on 2007-12-05 21:50.
Youths who carry out minor crimes could be forced to face their victims to make amends. If ministers give the go ahead, Devon and Cornwall police aims to run a pilot scheme administering restorative justice on youths who commit low-level crimes instead of prosecuting them.
The Echo revealed three weeks ago that thousands of pounds are being spent taking youths to court and criminalising them for offences such as stealing marbles and nails because of the system of Home Office targets for police. The move to restorative justice would mean youth courts would not get clogged up and the youth offending service could focus on more serious cases. |
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Victim and Offender meetings can work
The UK is having problems with juveniles committing minor offenses, costing the penal system alot of money to process all of the cases, if the offenders meet with the victims this can help divert offenders from re-offending. I feel that if the governement in the UK wants to stop spending money on offenders with putting them through legal processes, restortive justice programs should be created on a broader scale to help address the situation. This problem can be addressed by a simple interaction, victim and offender, to change someone's point of view for the better.