This will include introducing policy already in place in Northern Ireland in the form of structured meetings called youth conferences where offenders and victims are helped to discuss the offence and its impact.
"We will promote restorative justice to avoid the pointless criminalisation of some young people where all the victim really wanted was an apology and the commitment not to repeat the behaviour," Blunt said.
"By bringing the offender and victim into contact we hope that the real human cost of crime can be brought home to these young people at an early stage and that an understanding of the consequences of their actions will prevent future offences.
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