Let's get back to the victims.
The victims are sometimes family members, and, in that case, we work with them. When the victim is outside the young person's network, he or she doesn't always want to work with us. Like a lot of people, they think that, if we're working with the assailant, we're against the victim, which is false. When he's better, the young person, who selected his victim for certain reasons, feels bad about what he's done. We review that with him, and he tries to make restitution for his actions.
I have adolescents who, through their lawyers, who are more neutral, try to contact the victims without scaring them. You know, when I phone victims to tell them, for example, that I have a youth who has been here for three years and who very much regrets what happened and would like to talk to them, they don't all accept. We're very sensitive to that. We do it through lawyers; we ask the person whether he or she wants to get in touch with the assailant. The victim isn't disregarded, particularly since they are the symbol of what wasn't going right with the youth, in view of what has happened.