The president of the Queensland children's court has urged the Newman government to re-instate a juvenile offenders' program it cut at the start of 2013.

With the latest statistics showing an increase in juvenile offenders, Judge Michael Shanahan criticised the government's decision to end the court-ordered Youth Justice Conference program.

Judge Michael Shanahan.

More than 1500 juveniles went through the program during the last six months of 2012, with offenders and their families meeting with victims and a police officer.

It had a 99 per cent satisfaction rate, according to the children's court annual report.