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Minnesota community trying juve sentencing circles

By Douglas A. Berman

This local story, headlined "Juvenile sentencing circles take aim at youth crime rates," describes at length a sentencing innovation being tried in Minnesota:With the hope of solving high juvenile crime rates in Nobles County, Juvenile Restorative Justice Agent Erin Top believes she has found the answer ? juvenile sentencing circles.  The goal of juvenile sentencing circles, Top explained Tuesday, is to promote healing for all affected parties within the crime and include volunteer members from the community who stand as a mentor to the juvenile offender. Sentencing circles will bring the juvenile, the parents, the victim, the support members and the community members all together at the same time to discuss the consequences of each individual involved in the crime, she said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 18, 2008 (boomark / email).