Gabriel City » ireland http://gabrielcity.com Gabriel City is a community for the tens of millions of Americans directly affected by our criminal justice system. We come together to share our stories and help to shape new ones. Inmates and the formerly incarcerated, family members of those serving time, men and women under community supervision, professionals in criminal justice and corrections, and the victims of crime; we support and respect each other as we work to break the endless cycle of crime and incarceration that afflicts our nation. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 16:39:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Saying Sorry in Ireland http://gabrielcity.com/news-and-journalism/saying-sorry-in-ireland.html http://gabrielcity.com/news-and-journalism/saying-sorry-in-ireland.html#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:06:39 +0000 hcdmedia http://gabrielcity.com/?p=2482 In Northern Ireland, many juvenile offenders have been sent to “youth conferences” – meetings that entail free restorative work and face-to-face apologies. The results have been published and amazingly, these meetings seem to reduce crime and lower rates of recidivism. More than 5,000 meetings between criminals and victims have taken place since 2003 and a marked difference in percentage of youth re-offending was found between those who took part in restorative justice programs and those who were given custodial terms. Roughly 38% of 10 to 17 year olds participating in the program in Northern Ireland in 2006 re-offended within a year, compared to 71% of those given custodial terms.

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