Victorian Current Acts

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2024 - SECT 116

The objects of an early diversion group conference are—

        (a)     to support the early diversion of a child from the criminal justice system; and

        (b)     to reduce the likelihood of a child having further contact with the criminal justice system; and

        (c)     to promote community safety; and

        (d)     to provide a safe, supportive and solution-focussed process which assists a child to—

              (i)     repair any harm to themselves, any victims of their alleged offending, their families and their community; and

              (ii)     self-reflect; and

              (iii)     restore and strengthen relationships with members of their family and their community; and

        (e)     to engage parents and persons of significance in a child's life and any organisations or agencies that have responsibility for a child to—

              (i)     address the underlying causes of the child's conduct; and

              (ii)     support the child's rehabilitation and positive development; and

        (f)     to give any victim of a child's alleged offending the opportunity to express their experience of the child's conduct and the impact of the child's conduct on them; and

        (g)     to finalise an early diversion outcome plan for a child.