Evaluating Restorative Justice
| Date | 01 December 2001 |
| Published date | 01 December 2001 |
| Author | Robin Tuddenham |
| DOI | 10.1177/026455050104800411 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
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International
different purposes in different countries.
Evaluating
•
The West Yorkshire scheme with
adults was also assessed to be cost-
•
While some programmes were run by
Restorative Justice
professionals, others valued volunteers
Restorative Justice
effective in reducing reconvictions, and
intervention with higher risk offenders
highly, both because of resource
This Home Office report provides an
This report seeks to satisfy the need to
showed particularly positive impacts. This
limitations and because they were seen as
international review of the position and
evidence the impact of restorative justice,
challenges the orthodox view that
being devoid of an ‘agenda’aside from a
use of restorative justice, in order to
by presenting the results of a 15-month
restorative justice is primarily an early
willingness to help (Norway).
inform policy development in England and
study into seven English schemes
intervention.
•
In half of the jurisdictions direct
Wales. The review examines restorative
currently in operation. The report aims to
•
The schemes with young offenders
victim-offender mediation was the
justice programmes across twelve
identify the elements which constitute best
were assessed as not being cost-effective
exclusive form of victim-offender
European jurisdictions, together with
practice and are most effective in reducing
in terms of reconviction, but assessments
engagement, others such as the
summaries of programmes in Australia,
crime, while also being cost-effective. The
using CRIMEPICS II demonstrated
Netherlands preferred indirect methods.
the United States, Canada and New
study included data and information
substantial improvements in attitudes
Zealand. The latter are broad summaries
•
Factors encouraging programme
analysis, as well as interviews with
towards victims and towards offending in
as a result of the time constraints on the
success were unsurprising. They included:
victims, offenders and staff. The authors
general.
...
International
different purposes in different countries.
Evaluating
•
The West Yorkshire scheme with
adults was also assessed to be cost-
•
While some programmes were run by
Restorative Justice
professionals, others valued volunteers
Restorative Justice
effective in reducing reconvictions, and
intervention with higher risk offenders
highly, both because of resource
This Home Office report provides an
This report seeks to satisfy the need to
showed particularly positive impacts. This
limitations and because they were seen as
international review of the position and
evidence the impact of restorative justice,
challenges the orthodox view that
being devoid of an ‘agenda’aside from a
use of restorative justice, in order to
by presenting the results of a 15-month
restorative justice is primarily an early
willingness to help (Norway).
inform policy development in England and
study into seven English schemes
intervention.
•
In half of the jurisdictions direct
Wales. The review examines restorative
currently in operation. The report aims to
•
The schemes with young offenders
victim-offender mediation was the
justice programmes across twelve
identify the elements which constitute best
were assessed as not being cost-effective
exclusive form of victim-offender
European jurisdictions, together with
practice and are most effective in reducing
in terms of reconviction, but assessments
engagement, others such as the
summaries of programmes in Australia,
crime, while also being cost-effective. The
using CRIMEPICS II demonstrated
Netherlands preferred indirect methods.
the United States, Canada and New
study included data and information
substantial improvements in attitudes
Zealand. The latter are broad summaries
•
Factors encouraging programme
analysis, as well as interviews with
towards victims and towards offending in
as a result of the time constraints on the
success were unsurprising. They included:
victims, offenders and staff. The authors
general.
...
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