Evaluation of Wanganui community-managed restorative justice programme [pdf, 637 KB]
...The Wanganui Restorative Justice Programme, with its aims of community involvement and reduction in re-offending by local offenders, accords with the goals of section 10(b) of that Local Government Act 2002: (b) to promote the social, economic, environmental, and cultural well-being of communities, in the present and for the future. A key stakeholder in local government described the relationship between the Council and the programme as “very close”. He illustrated this by sayi...