TY - JOUR
T1 - Victim evaluations of face-to-face restorative justice conferences: A quasi-experimental analysis
AU - Strang, Heather
AU - Sherman, Lawrence W
AU - Angel, Caroline
AU - Woods, Daniel
AU - Bennett, Sarah
AU - Newbury-Birch, Dorothy
AU - Inkpen, Nova
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - One major goal of face-to-face restorative justice (RJ) is to help heal the psychological harm suffered by crime victims (Braithwaite, 2002). Substantial evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) has shown that this can be accomplished (Strang, 2002) and more trials are underway (Sherman & Strang, 2004). These outcomes are even more clearly, if less rigorously, demonstrated through retrospective interviews of victims about their feelings before and after RJ took place. We review the responses of victims (N = 210) who participated in trials in Canberra (Australia) and in London, Thames Valley, and Northumbria (UK). Despite substantial variations in offense types, social contexts, nation and race, before-after changes revealed by qualitative and quantitative data are all in the same beneficial direction.
AB - One major goal of face-to-face restorative justice (RJ) is to help heal the psychological harm suffered by crime victims (Braithwaite, 2002). Substantial evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) has shown that this can be accomplished (Strang, 2002) and more trials are underway (Sherman & Strang, 2004). These outcomes are even more clearly, if less rigorously, demonstrated through retrospective interviews of victims about their feelings before and after RJ took place. We review the responses of victims (N = 210) who participated in trials in Canberra (Australia) and in London, Thames Valley, and Northumbria (UK). Despite substantial variations in offense types, social contexts, nation and race, before-after changes revealed by qualitative and quantitative data are all in the same beneficial direction.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2006.00451.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2006.00451.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-4537
VL - 62
SP - 281
EP - 306
JO - Journal of Social Issues
JF - Journal of Social Issues
IS - 2
ER -