ABSTRACT
Restorative justice has received much interest and publicity as an intervention for young people who have offended and is often an integral part of a number of specific youth justice orders and programmes. Its widespread appeal politically both in the UK and other countries, it has been suggested, is that it combines both welfarist principles (through the restorative aspect) and justice (Haines and O’Mahony 2006; Hazel 2008). There is, however, emerging reliable evidence for its effectiveness as a useful approach to preventing offending.
