National Evaluation of the Youth Justice Board's Restorative Justice Projects

This 2004 report is based on an evaluation of 46 restorative justice projects which were funded by the Youth Justice Board.

The main areas covered include a description of the projects and the characteristics of the young people on these projects, a discussion of the implementation problems which staff in the projects faced, and an assessment of the outcomes of the restorative interventions in terms of completion rates, reconviction and feedback from participants.

The report concludes with the main lessons which have emerged for evaluation and implementation of restorative justice projects.