“…This paper aims to show how the restorative justice system is applied in Italy, and by referring to Walgrave's studies (1995Walgrave's studies ( , 1998Walgrave's studies ( , 2008, concerning the history and assumptions of restorative justice, Winterdyk's research (1997), into how the system is applied and works in practice, and studies into the results obtained from restorative justice and reoffending (Bergseth & Bouffard, 2007, Pranis, 1998, Bazemore 2007, highlight both its critical aspects and favourable outcomes. This paper demonstrates that there is a need to develop skills in the community, in order to counter community conditions, such as limited resources, limited educational opportunities, lack of leisure facilities and opportunities, which encourage juvenile delinquency (Li et al, 2007;Sprott, Jenkins & Doob, 2005;Brown et al, 1997;Cottle et al, 2001;Walker et al, 1996).…”