Criminology Research Council grant ; (14/92)
The report is concerned with a process known as the family group conference. In the wake of an offence, and where guilt is admitted, victims, offenders, and their supporters are given an opportunity to meet in the presence of a coordinator or facilitator.
The report offers findings from a long process of consultation with many members of the Wagga community. It analyses the conference process, it allows participants to speak for themselves, it gives rank-and-file police a voice, and it offers a theoretical model to explain key aspects of both process and model. In addition to this qualitative material, the report provides as comprehensive a quantitative analysis as has been possible, given the limitations with the available statistics.