Restorative Justice: Ideals and Realities (International and Comparative Criminal Justice)

This grants them access to the field and to practical areas of police work and management. Their principal involvement in B. Reduction of recidivism is also a goal of RJ, [57] secondary to the restoration of offenders. While some older studies showed mixed results, as of , studies that compared recidivism rates have become more definitive and in favor of Restorative Justice. A meta-analysis by Bonta et al. This study is important because it addresses the file-drawer problem. Also, some of the studies analyzed implemented a randomized controlled trial a gold standard in research methods , although this does not represent the majority of studies included.

This meta-analysis lends empirical support for the effectiveness of RJ to lower recidivism rates and increase compliance and satisfaction rates. However, the authors caution that a self-selection bias is rife through most studies of restorative justice. They reference authors from one study [66] who found no evidence that restorative justice has a treatment effect on recidivism beyond a self-selection effect. The third meta-analysis on the effectiveness of RJ was conducted by Bradshaw, Roseborough, and Umbreit The results of this meta-analysis add empirical support for the effectiveness of RJ in reducing juvenile recidivism rates.

Since then Baffour and Rodriguez's studies also supports the use of RJ over the traditional justice system when it comes to recidivism rates. Bergseth and Bouffard , supports these findings and also concludes that there may be some long-term effects of RJ over the traditional justice system; as well as RJ being more effective with serious crimes.

RJ participants are less likely to commit serious crimes if they do re-offend and they go longer without re-offending. All of these studies found that RJ is equally effective regardless of race.

It is at least equally as effective as the traditional justice system in all cases. In most cases especially with more serious offenses and with adult offenders it is significantly more effective than the traditional justice system at lowering recidivism rates. These authors conclusions are as follows A recent meta-analysis by the Cochrane Collaboration on the effect of youth justice conferencing on recidivism in young offenders found that there was no significant effect for restorative justice conferencing over normal court procedures for number re-arrested, nor monthly rate of reoffending.

They also noted a lack of high quality evidence regarding the effectiveness of restorative justice conferencing for young offenders. According to Morris, the following are some of the most common criticisms that are used against the practicality or realism of restorative justice:. Another critique of restorative justice suggests that professionals are often left out of the restorative justice conversation.

Dzur and Susan M. Olson argue that this sector of justice cannot be successful without professionals. They claim that professionals can aid in avoiding problems that come up with informal justice and propose the theory of democratic professionalism, where professionals are not just agents of the state — as traditional understandings would suggest — but as mediums, promoting community involvement while still protecting individuals' rights.

Additionally, some critics like Gregory Shank and Paul Takagi see restorative justice as an incomplete model in that it fails to fix the fundamental, structural inequalities that make certain people more likely to be offenders than others. Finally, some researchers agree that more research must be conducted to support the validity of restorative justice in schools, specifically in how its implemented. Some judicial systems only recognize monetary restitution agreements. Some agreements specify a larger monetary amount e.

Many jurisdictions cap the amount which a juvenile offender can be required to pay. Labor regulations typically limit the personal service tasks that can be performed by minors. In addition, personal service usually must be approved by the juvenile's parents.

According to the Victim Offender Mediation Association, victims are not allowed to profit from restitution the equivalent of punitive damages ; only out-of-pocket losses actual damages can be recovered. Courts can disallow unreasonable compensation arrangements. Studies by Kelly M. Richards have shown that the general public would be open to the idea of alternative forms of justice, though only after the idea has been explicitly explained to them. The use of forgiveness as a tool has in the restorative justice programs, run for victims and perpetrators of Rwandan genocide , the violence in Israeli—Palestinian conflict , and Northern Ireland conflict , has also been documented in film, Beyond Right and Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness The documentary A Better Man follows a meeting between a woman who is recovering from domestic violence and the ex-partner.

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