This chapter in ‘Women and Children as Victims and Offenders: Background, Prevention, Reintegration – Suggestions for Succeeding Generations (Volume 2)’ was written in 2016 by Professor Dame Carolyn Hamilton and Elizabeth Yarrow of Coram International. The chapter explores the limitations of restorative justice approaches and argues that restorative justice may be most valuable where it complements, rather than replaces, the work done by a wide range of social agencies that play a role in tackling the risk factors associated with child offending and therefore aim to address the root causes of the offence itself.
