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- Title
The New Zealand Model of Family Group Conferencing.
- Authors
McElrea, Judge F. W. M.
- Abstract
The Family Group Conference (FGC) originated in New Zealand where it is the foundation stone of the Youth Justice system introduced in 1989. A significant feature of that system is the way in which it enables restorative justice principles to be implemented in an integrated manner in a statutory framework supervised by the courts and applicable to all young offenders throughout New Zealand. FGCs are used both as a diversionary technique (pre-adjudication) and at a (post-adjudication) pre-sentencing stage. In addition this type of model is now being applied in a voluntary way but on a small scale with adults. A significant feature of the FGC model is its greater use of community-based solutions with a consequent reduction in the number of young persons in state institutions.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; CRIMINAL justice system; CRIMINAL sentencing; RESTORATIVE justice; JUSTICE (Virtue); CRIMINAL courts; ADMINISTRATIVE procedure; MEDIATION therapy; JUVENILE offenders
- Publication
European Journal on Criminal Policy & Research, 1998, Vol 6, Issue 4, p527
- ISSN
0928-1371
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1008696514447