For Victims

- our Victim Liaison Service

• To have some say in what happens
• To tell your side of the story
• To receive an apology
• To be kept informed
• To get your questions answered
• To feel better about what has happened
• To put the crime behind you
• To have the offender make amends to you.
• To encourage the young person not to re-offend

• Attend a youth offender panel where you give your views so they can be taken into account.
• Take part in a victim-offender conference. This can happen in a variety of ways. You could simply pass on your views to the young offender through the Youth Offending Team, or you could have the opportunity to talk with the young offender at a meeting supervised and carefully controlled by trained people. The victim-offender conference can give you the chance to ask the offender, directly or through someone else, questions that might have been worrying you, like why they burgled your house or stole your phone etc.
• Receive a letter of apology written by the young offender and addressing your concerns. (The letter would be passed on to you by the Youth Offending Team and not sent directly by the offender.)
• Have the offender make amends by carrying out some practical jobs on your behalf or for the community (this activity would be supervised by workers from the Youth Offending Team).