fixed penalties for 10- to 15-year-olds as part of its drive to combat antisocial behaviour. It is consulting police forces on how best to implement the scheme
NO - JANE MORTON, YOUTH INCLUSION AND SUPPORT TEAM MANAGER, HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
I do have some serious reservations. As children are learning to be citizens we should expect them to get it wrong on occasions. The best outcome for everyone is that they learn from their mistakes and the behaviour is not repeated. Fines are not necessarily an effective method of achieving this.
A restorative approach where the harm done is put right can be much more effective where the child, and the victim if willing, is engaged in an active manner to make amends.
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