How does conferencing help victims and young people?
Some of the benefits of conferencing are:
the young person is given the chance to take responsibility for their actions and learns how they have hurt other people
the victim can speak to the young person about how the offence affected them
the victim can suggest what the young person could do to make up for their offence
the young person is linked to services to help them not re-offend
the victim is linked to support services if needed
the young person and the victims’ families and support people can participate in the conference
in many cases, there is no criminal record for the young person for the offence.