10 September 2013

Restorative Justice for Young Adults: Factoring in maturity and facilitating desistance

Maturity, Restorative justice

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Can a restorative justice process encourage desistance and motivate young adult offenders? This report examines how to encourage personal responsibility and relationship-building and brings together evidence from existing sources as well as interviews with restorative justice practitioners and a young adult offender. It explains the concept of maturity and looks at links between restorative processes and desistance.

Publisher: Restorative Justice
Author: Ian Marder

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