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Thu 12 Dec 2009Restorative justice could cut 'reoffending and save €8.3m'
THE GOVERNMENT should introduce a restorative justice scheme by 2015 that is capable of handling up to 7,250 criminal cases every year, a new report has commended.
The scheme, which typically allows offenders to provide some form of reparation to victims rather than serve time in prison, could save the exchequer up to €8.3 million per year. It could also cut reoffending rates in half, according to the report to be published today by Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern.
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