Supporting victims
The YOS recognises that victims of crime are
often left feeling isolated, scared and powerless. Therefore we are
committed to supporting victims of our young people’s offences.
If you have been a victim of an offence
committed by a young person you will be contacted by our Victim
Co-ordinator who will offer you the chance to take part in the
young person’s sentence.
We offer all of our young people’s victims,
including corporate victims such as retailers, the chance to meet
the offender in a safe and structured environment as we feel that
victims need to be given the chance to have their say and young
people to be given the opportunity to ‘put right’ what they have
done. This process is called Restorative Justice.
If you do not wish to meet with the young
person, you may want to request to receive a letter of apology,
specific pieces of reparation to be carried out in the community or
just to be kept informed of the young person and what he/she are
doing as part of their order.