| FAIRSCAPE COMMENTThis is exactly what Fairscape has been campaigning for. Victims are an essential part of the restorative process - for themselves as well as the criminal. However, Fairscape calls for a legal link between criminal and victim. The victim should have a veto, if they want it, against the release of the criminal. Click here for the Fairscape website |
Restorative justice, where offenders face their victims, has a greater impact on youth re offending rates than custodial sentencing and satisfies 89% of victims, according to a new report from the Prison Reform Trust.
The prison charity is calling for a restorative youth justice system to be established in England and Wales, after the report - based on evidence from a model used in Northern Ireland - found that only a third (38%) of 10 to 17 year old offenders, who faced their victims, re-offended within a year. This compares with 71% of those given custodial sentences in 2006.
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