Advantages Of Family Group Conferencing
Some of the strengths and benefits of family group conferencing is that it avoids criminal proceedings and criminal justice processes, aids in family strengthening, utilizes diversion and provides resources to distraught parents of misbehaved children, it encourages keeping children in the community (contributes to sense of belonging) and sibling witnessing aids in prevention (MacRae, 2004). Although it focuses greatly on the victim’s needs it places priority on the victim’s needs which could include financial retribution and it aids in giving the victim a voice (MacRae, 2004). A of the imitation of family group conferencing is that for the program to be greatly successful family members need to be involved for the program but some