Integrating Victims in Restorative Youth Justice

It is a key aim of current youth justice policy to introduce principles of restorative justice and involve victims in responses to crime. This is most evident in the referral order and youth offender panels established by the UK Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999. However, the challenges involved in delivering a form of restorative youth justice that is sensitive to the needs of victims are considerable. This report provides an illuminating evaluation of the manner in which one youth offending service sought to integrate victims into the referral order process. The study provides an analysis of in-depth interviews with victims, young offenders and their parents. This timely report will be of great value to youth justice policy-makers and practitioners, researchers and students of criminology and criminal justice, as well as all those interested in restorative interventions and the role of victims in the justice process.Crawford, Adam is the author of 'Integrating Victims in Restorative Youth Justice' with ISBN 9781861347855 and ISBN 1861347855.