Population: Youth
Legal Features: N/A
Law Type: Statute
Excerpt of Relevant Text:
(2) The general assembly finds that the public has the right to safe and secure homes and communities and that when a delinquent act occurs, safety and security is compromised; and the result is harm to the victim, the community, and the juvenile offender. The general assembly finds that the juvenile justice system should seek to repair such harm and that victims and communities should be provided with the opportunity to elect to participate actively in a restorative process that would hold the juvenile offender accountable for the offense.
Read Full Text of Colo. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 19-2.5-101 (West)