UK riots and restorative justice: A Northern Ireland perspective

from Janis Irving's comment on Restorative Justice International:

I am employed by the Youth Justice Agency of Northern Ireland as a youth conference co-ordinator. My job is to organise restorative conferences between young people (10-18) and victims. The conferences are 'ordered' by court or public prosecution (the latter means the young person does not recieve a criminal conviction if they work with the process). 

At the conference the victim, young person, family and community meet to discuss what happened and agree an action plan for the young person. The action plan then goes back to the court or prosecution for final agreement and if they agree the young person must carry it out or be returned to court. 

Aug 23, 2011 Retribution, Country:England&Wales, Theory, Country:Northern Ireland, Region: Europe

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Call for restorative justice review

from the article on UTV News:

Schemes carried out by Community Restorative Justice Ireland need to be reviewed according to an independent report.

A Criminal Justice Inspection report has revealed only one case has been referred by the community restorative justice system to police in Northern Ireland since 2007.

....The 19-page report, found despite four recommendations being fully achieved and one partially achieved, several issues remain to be addressed.

Aug 08, 2011 Police, Report, Country:Northern Ireland, Policy, Region: Europe, Conceptual, Evaluation

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