Debra Clothier, chief executive of the Restorative Justice Consortium, which promotes restorative justice, said getting young people to agree to take part can also be easier than with adults.
But she warned: There is a fine balance in maintaining the voluntary nature of restorative justice, which is imperative, from motivating and encouraging and explaining the process in a positive and confidence-raising way to coercing and forcing a child to comply.
The third and final phase of the evaluation will look at how successful restorative justice is in reducing reoffending.
Spencer said this will be crucial: Everybody who has been involved has seen some quite significant change in the way people think and behave. But the proof of the pudding is whether these are sustained changes, and whether these changes affect their behaviour.www.homeoffice.gov.uk
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