Speaking at the annual Youth Justice Board (YJB) convention in
Southport, Lawson, a member of Acpo’s children and young people
business area, said: “Acpo is divided with a third in favour, a third
on the fence and a third against it.”
“It comes down to the fact that individual chief constables decide what they will put into force.”
Lawson
noted that some chief constables are “great proponents” of restorative
justice and have the ability to get an entire police force enthusiastic
about its use, but others are not.
However, the existing system
of recording results can impact on the willingness to use restorative
justice since it does not count as a “detection”.
“The issue
is getting the message out to the wider public and police forces that
restorative justice does produce results,” he added.
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