Saturday, May 28, 2005

Community service option added for juvenile offenders / [USA] Rice Lake Online, May 2005

http://www.chronotype.com/article.asp?ArticleID=8524
"The Restorative Action Plan program was started last fall after Rice Lake School District liaison officer Mark O�Brien decided that it was time for more youths to take responsibility for bad decisions that lead to municipal citations or referrals.

O�Brien said that young offenders too often fall through the cracks because they are too young to be formally charged or because their delinquent behavior doesn�t fit the definition of a crime. "