“Woodbury Police Department’s Restorative Justice Community Conferencing Program: An Initial Assessment of Client Satisfaction.”

Source: (1997) St. Paul, Minnesota: Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking, University of Minnesota.

In May 1995 the Woodbury Police Department initiated a restorative justice conferencing program for juvenile offenders and those affect by crime. The Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking conducted an initial assessment of the program by compiling and analyzing participant satisfaction. This report provides information in six sections: overview of restorative justice and family group conferencing; background on the Woodbury initiative; program description; methodology; findings; and conclusions.