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All states and territories have implemented some form of restorative justice system in the past ten years. In most states, these systems involve pre and post-court diversionary programs which include informal and formal cautions; youth conferencing and/or circle sentencing. The various youth conferencing initiatives are similar in their basic operation however there are some differences in their administration and in the type and number of offences which are referred to conferencing within each jurisdiction. The recommendations made by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody have largely been incorporated into conference and circle-sentencing procedures and a number of criminal justice issues facing Indigenous Australians have subsequently been addressed. The benefits of conferencing have been widely pronounced with regard to the improved interaction of Indigenous people with the criminal justice system. However, Indigenous Australians continue to be overrepresented in criminal proceedings which suggests, that although these systems produce positive outcomes,...

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