Restorative Justice Approach

Traditional Approach	Restorative Approach
School rules are broken	People and relationships are harmed
Justice focuses on establishing guilt	Justice identifies needs and responsibility
Accountability = punishment	Accountability = Understanding impact and repairing harm
Justice directed at the offender; the victim is ignored	Offender, victim and school all have direct roles in the justice process
Rules and intent outweigh whether outcome is positive or negative	Offender is responsible for harmful behavior, repairing harm and working towards positive outcomes
Limited opportunity for expressing remorse or making amends.	Opportunity given to make amends and express remorse.

Parent of Respondent

I would like to thank you for all your help during this time….Tammie, you have awesome kids (youth court volunteers). They made me feel BETTER knowing they don't look down on her (the respondent) for her mistake. They just want to give her the help to make better ones in the future

Parent of Respondent

Thank you so much, he seems to enjoy these things even though they are 'consequences'

Respondent

Now that my case is closed I want to join Youth Court as a volunteer, and be on the other side. I want to help other kids get the help they need.

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Youth Court Contact Person

Allan O'Brien

Position -: Youth Court/Restorative Justice Program Director
Address -: 200 Washington Street, Suite 207
Watertown, NY 13601
Phone -: (315) 836 - 8504
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Watertown, NY 13601

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