YOUTH JUSTICE
Restorative justice has been used in the UK since its introduction to police cautioning by Thames Valley Police in 1996. Then chief constable Charles Pollard invited the Australian restorative justice conferencing pioneer Terry O'Connell to train key members of staff in police and partner agencies to deliver all cautions restoratively as well as addressing complaints and grievances within the police service through restorative conferences.
Both initiatives were independently evaluated by the Oxford Centre for Criminological Research and the Independent Police Complaints Commission respectively and found to deliver positive outcomes and increased victim satisfaction. The subsequent 1998 Crime and Disorder Act establishing the Youth Justice Board and Youth Offending Teams in England and Wales, and the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 establishing Youth Conferencing in Northern Ireland, further enshrined restorative approaches in statute.
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