What are youth justice committees?

Youth Justice Committees:
- allow citizens to work through conflict between youth who have committed a criminal offense , victims and community members, 
- provide support for young people, 
- provide community-based resolutions to youth crime,
- provide young persons with an alternative to the formal court process and the possibility of time in custody resolve legal conflicts through extrajudicial sanctions, community-service work, and meeting with victims and community members
- Edmonton Youth Justice uses a restorative justice approach to work with youth and the community 

Mandate:  

​Through volunteers, Edmonton Youth Justice Committee Society contributes to safer communities by providing supports to young persons who accept responsibility for their actions and make amends.

What we do...

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Using a restorative justice circle approach, Edmonton Youth Justice provides youth the opportunity to repair harm created. 
- Volunteers sit with the youth, victims of crime, and family or friend supports to discuss the harm created. 
- The restorative justice circle works with youth to focus on the harm created rather than the rules broken.
- The circle works with all members to repair the harm created and allows everyone in the room to create a plan that works for everyone.


Find out more about our process here:  
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​- Teddy Roosevelt