This is a restorative justice conferencing program for youth involved in a property crime with a victim. When used as an alternative to the judicial process, restorative justice conferencing promotes a meeting between the youth who admitted to the crime, their defenders, the victim, the victim’s defenders, a police officer, and a moderator, and allows for low stigmatization, faster reintegration of the youth into the community, and a decrease in future offending.
Ideally, the conference ends with an agreement, in which the young individual agrees to carry out compensatory actions, such as financial restitution and personal or community service, in addition to apologizing to the victim.