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NCJ Number:	167474

Title:	Restorative Family Group Conferences: Differing Models and Guidelines for Practice

Journal:	Federal Probation Volume:60 Issue:3 Dated:(September 1996) Pages:24-29

Author(s):	M Umbreit; H Zehr

Date Published:	1996

Page Count:	6

Sponsoring Agency:	NCJRS Photocopy Services Rockville, MD 20849-6000

Sale Source:	NCJRS Photocopy Services Box 6000 Rockville, MD 20849-6000 United States of America

Publisher:	https://www.uscourts.gov

Type:	Issue Overview

Format:	Article

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	This article evaluates family group conferences as a part of the restorative justice approach to juvenile justice.

Abstract:	Juvenile justice systems in at least 10 States are redefining their mission and restructuring their activities to promote a more balanced and restorative juvenile justice system based on understanding that victims and communities, along with offenders, are their clients and must be given opportunities for active involvement in the justice process. Family group conferences have potential advantages over current victim-offender mediation practice in that they: (1) involve more people in the community in discussing offenses, their effects, and how to remedy the harm; (2) acknowledge a wider range of people as victims and explore the effects on those people; (3) allow a wider range of participants to express their feelings and potentially to assist with reintegrating the offender into the community and healing the victims; and (4) acknowledge and regularize the important role of the family in a juvenile offender's life. Table, references

Main Term(s):	Criminology

Index Term(s):	Australia; Community involvement; Family support; Foreign juvenile justice systems; Juvenile justice system; Juveniles; Model programs; New Zealand; Victims of Crime



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