Justice Reinvestment is a program that has been developed with indigenous people in Australia, US, Canada and other countries to look at cultural methods of handling juvenile incarceration amongst Indigenous youth.
One of the main Aboriginal Australian groups involved in piloting the program is Murdi Paaki out western NSW.
http://www.mpra.com.au/law-and-justice
Also see their report data on p75 http://www.mpra.com.au/uploads/documents/mpra_regional_plan_fin_mps.pdf –
A general fact sheet on the Reinvestment program
http://www.smartjustice.org.au/resources/SJ_JusticeReinvest.pdf
https://www.indigenousjustice.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/mp/files/publications/files/rb21-justice-reinvestment-schwartz-et-al-2017-ijc-webv2.pdf – includes overseas models> good comment bottom of middle column p.6
Some attitudes against – https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/lawmakers-law-enforcement-spar-over-justice-reinvestment-impacts/article_7d5609c0-e99c-53a5-a35b-1be879ec59b6.html
It is clear from these articles that the success of the program depends how it is administered
Also
If you come from law, this may be interesting http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/UNSWLRS/2015/56.pdf