27-04-19, 01:43 AM
(26-04-19, 07:06 PM)VNA link Wrote: There have been a number of schemes run for offenders that offer them the option of taking part in a rehabilitation programme that can shorten their sentence but both they and their victim(s) have to agree to take part. I saw a documentary years ago on one such scheme. They focused on young offenders and mainly low-level crime, house breaking, assault etc. Part of the programme included a number of sessions sitting down with their victim(s). Pretty much all the offenders said it was the hardest thing they had ever done.
It's called Restorative Justice and has been pretty impressive in reducing recidivism rates.
Unfortunately it doesn't work well with the "Hang them and Flog Them", "Prison Works", "Short, Sharp Shock" mindset of people who think it's just a bunch of bleeding-heart liberals going easy on scum who need the criminality beaten out of them...
