article_snippet: Restorative justice, which is often used when dealing young first-time offenders, gives an officer the opportunity to resolve a situation successfully, with the approval of the victim, without arresting and criminalising the person responsible. '
article_snippet: The process gives victims the chance to tell offenders the real impact of victims crime, to get answers to questions and an apology, while offenders are given the chance to take responsibility for what victims've done and make amends but not acquire the stigma of a criminal record.'