Statistics
A 13 year-old female illustrates the problems with not being yourself, and peer pressure.
November 2000 - June 2011
- The number of young people (10-20) who committed offenses and received services from one of the Restorative Justice Services Programs: 2,058
- Male: 1,128
- Female: 930
- Young adults (18-20): 369
- Youth (10-17): 1,689
- Participants in the RESTORE Program: 1,217
- Participants in the Restorative Justice Conferencing Program (RJCP): 795
- Participants in other restorative processes: 46
Recidivism
Young people who come through Restorative Justice are checked for later violations of the law. This is called the recidivism rate, the percentage who commit another offense. There is a tremendous range in recidivism rates because they deal with different programs and different populations.
Recidivism Rate at 6 months past program completion..
(This check includes any offense, including drug and alcohol, but not smoking violations.)
10.4% for youth
9.3% for young adults
2.6% of youth and 1.3% of young adults re-offended with a same or similar crime
(This includes offenses that fall in the same general category as the offense that brought them to RJ)
This recidivism check was done in June 2007 on the FC Police Services Tiburon system for all young people who completed contracts by 6/30/2007.