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Restorative Justice: The Evidence

Publication year: 2007 | Cataloged on: Sep. 18, 2007
ANNOTATION: The evidence regarding restorative justice is evaluated. Sections following an executive summary include: introduction and overview; a tale of three restorative justice conferences; varieties of restorative justice; the process of restorative justice; restorative justice and the rule of law; how we know what works and what doesn’t; restorative justice in the U.K. -- the settings of adult justice, youth justice, schools, and neighborhood policing; keeping promises versus following orders -- how restorative justice compares; reducing harm to victims; reducing repeat offending; rare events -- when restorative justice backfires and why; other effects on crime; getting cases brought to justice; restorative justice might reduce the costs of justice; and more justice, less crime -- a way forward.
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