California Neutrals
Nov. 3, 2016
Mediation as a tool for juvenile delinquent restorative justice
By Padma Nagappan
Two teenagers threw a rock off an overpass and hit a car being driven by an elderly woman. Instead of being hauled in to court, they were asked to meet the victim through a juvenile restorative justice program, with trained mediators facilitating.
Through the mediation, they learned about their victim, a grandmother, and she got to confront them. Their task was to repair her windshield, and wash her car every week. "They got to know each other, a...
Two teenagers threw a rock off an overpass and hit a car being driven by an elderly woman. Instead of being hauled in to court, they were asked to meet the victim through a juvenile restorative justice program, with trained mediators facilitating.
Through the mediation, they learned about their victim, a grandmother, and she got to confront them. Their task was to repair her windshield, and wash her car every week. "They got to know each other, a...
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