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Restorative panels aopm
This document summarizes and compares restorative justice systems in Scotland, Northern Ireland, and England & Wales in 3 sentences or less: Scotland started restorative justice programs in 1968 without courts, Northern Ireland in 2001 is considered the "gold standard" with police involvement and social workers as facilitators, and England & Wales adopted a hybrid system in 2001 involving courts and "spent" criminal records for completed community programs.
Restorative panels aopm
- 1. Scotland N.Ireland England & Wales Commenced 1968 2001 2001 Court No No Yes Criminal record No No Spent if completed Criminal responsibility age 8 10 10 Community Yes No Yes RJ @ guilty plea No + Yes Yes Agency CHS YJA YOT/YJB Scotland - Needs not Deeds Northern Ireland - Restorative Justice Gold Standard England & Wales - Hybrid 1
- 2. Courtroom – Innocentor punishment if guilty 2006 yp jailed 3000+ Today about 1500 2
- 3. At Panels wefind solutions to 3 questions: • What is the nature of the harm resulting from the crime? • How should this harm be repaired? • Who is responsible for the repair? 3
- 4. About Panels • 2001:5000+ volunteers, 7 days training • 38% re-offending rate v custody 71% • 2006 AOPM founded • 2011 – LASPO Act extends use of RJ and panels to Anti Social Behaviour & low-level crime – 8 days training • 2012 – Neighbourhood Resolution Panels rollout to adult offences 4
- 5. Restorative Questioning To Young Person/Offender • What happened? • What did you do? • What were you thinking about at the time? • What do you think about it now? • Who has been affected by what you did? • How have they been affected? • Do you know how the victim feels? • What would you want to tell the victim about the incident? 5
- 6. Restorative Conference To theparent What did you think when you found out ? What did you feel ? What was the worst part ? What should the young person do to make amends to the victim? What can you do to help to make amends ? 6
- 7. Restorative Conference To thevictim What was your reaction to what happened? What do you feel about it? Tell me about the effects of this crime? Of these which would you class as the worst? What was the reaction of your family/friends/neighbours/colleagues? What would you like the young person to do to make amends? 7
- 8. Facilitator role (1) Welcome and introduce participants Acknowledge the effort everyone has made to come to the conference Explain the private/confidential nature of the conference Explain the conference is a place of respect with no verbal or physical aggression Explain that only one person will speak at a time and each person will have a chance to do so Remind everyone that they can request a break at any time and that, if necessary the conference can be terminated Explain that the young person and the victim will have the chance to agree what actions the young person will complete Check everyone understands 8
- 9. Facilitator role (2) Let the young person speak Let the parent/supporter speak Let the victim and supporter speak Let other attendees speak Speak little, facilitate, avoid jargon When agreeing the plan for making amends let the young person contribute Check the young person understands fully Check the victim is content Identify what the parent/supporter will do to support the young person 9
- 10. YJA features –Gold Standard A police officer attends the Conference Facilitators are qualified social workers Professional case workers may also attend Non-compliance – an enabling conference to aid re-engagement Repeat conferences for repeat offending – until the yp gets it 10
- 11. Issues • Funding • Public opinion – is it ‘real justice’ • Politicised agenda – high profile cases eg Bulger, riots • Established agencies • Vulnerability vs criminality • Severed system links with education, health, social care • Lack of victim participation fundamentally undermines the process 11
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