"The parties [involved] take responsibility for their actions and when they realize the scope of their involvement and potential harm realized."
- Investigating Officer
"Every party can agree on a reasonable solution."
- Forum Participant
"Everyone involved is able to come to terms with their own part that contributed to the incident and learn from it. A positive outcome hopefully, that began as very traumatic for many."
- Forum Participant
"The person being accused has realized where they’ve gone wrong and are willing to change"
- Forum Participant
"...when forums like this happen, it's a very satisfying process. "
- Investigating Officer
"The accused has realized their actions, the danger and severity of their actions and the impact that their actions had on the community and the people around them."
- Forum Participant, Accused Youth
"I would like to thank heartfully, the two volunteers and the police officer for their time and professionalism. It is very apparent that you truly care and are committed to your community."
-Forum Participant
"I'd like to thank you for making the process a lot easier and less nerve wracking than I expected as well as giving me an opportunity to take part in the forum."
-Forum Participant, Accused
"This was an effective process for everyone impacted to share their feelings and thoughts. The facilitators did a wonderful job!"
- Forum participant, School Representative
"I came in here feeling a lot of anger and resistance to the whole process but my anger disappeared and I feel a lot better and hope we continue to heal..."
-Forum Participant, Victim
"I was extremely impressed with all the professionals involved. It was a very comfortable environment under a stressful situation."
-Forum Participant, Accused Supporter
"I think this was a great idea. It was a way for everyone to express how they felt and at the same time I feel the boys (the offenders) took this very seriously. Thank you!"
-Forum Participant, Victim
"I think community justice should be offered to more people. This is a way better process than going through court. I feel as if everything was solved."
-Forum Participant, Victim (youth)
"I feel better going through this group today. I am happy my daughter has so many supports in place. I feel she was very honest and I am proud of her."
-Forum Participant, Parent
"I am very pleased with the forum. Good process and good results."
-Forum Participant, Victim
"Since participating in a community justice forum my son is making better choices of friends and his grades at school are improving. He is participating in sports rather than hanging out downtown after school hours."
-Forum Participant, Parent
"It was a much better approach to solving this problem than going to court in my opinion."
- Forum Participant
"I think this is a definite alternative way to deal with various situations when dealing with young offenders."
- Forum Participant
"This was my first Community Justice forum, I enjoyed the process. Thank you."
- Forum Participant, Victim