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	NCJ Number:		NCJ 250872
	Title:		Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Principles in Juvenile Justice: A Meta-Analysis
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	Author(s):		David B. Wilson ; Ajima Olaghere ; Catherine S. Kimbrell
	Corporate Author:		George Mason University United States of America
	Date Published:		06/2017
	Page Count:		145
	Annotation:		This study systematically reviewed all available research that, at a minimum, compared participants in a restorative justice program to participants processed traditionally by the juvenile justice system.
	Abstract:		The distinctive feature of restorative justice programs is the objective of addressing the causes of the offender’s delinquent behavior while remedying the harms caused to the victims. A fundamental component of restorative justice programs is some form of dialog or interaction between the offender and the victim or a victim surrogate, with some programs extending participation to family and community members. Examples of restorative justice programs include victim-offender mediation, family group conferencing, and sentencing circles. Also, some routine practices of the juvenile justice system such as restitution are consistent with restorative justice principles, and some programs incorporate some aspect of the framework, such as teen courts. This systematic meta-analysis of evaluation research on restorative justice programs identified 99 publications, both published and unpublished, reporting on the results of 84 evaluations nested within the 60 unique research projects or studies. From these studies, the meta-analysis extracted results related to delinquency, non-delinquency, and outcomes for the youth and victims participating in these programs. Overall, the evaluations of restorative justice programs and practices showed a moderate reduction in future delinquent behavior relative to more traditional juvenile court processing; however, these results were smaller for the more credible random assignment studies, which raises concerns about the robustness of this overall result. Additional high quality research of such programs is warranted, given the promising but uncertain findings. 14 tables, 30 figures, and search notes
	Main Term(s):		Juvenile processing
	Index Term(s):		Program evaluation ; Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) ; Mediation ; Literature reviews ; Services effectiveness ; OJJDP grant-related documents ; Restorative Justice
	Sponsoring Agency:		Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention US Dept of Justice United States of America
	Grant Number:		2015-JF-FX-0063
	Sale Source:		Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention US Dept of Justice 810 Seventh Street NW Washington, DC 20531 United States of America
	Type:		Program/Project Evaluation ; Report (Study/Research) ; Research (Applied/Empirical) ; Report (Grant Sponsored) ; Literature Review
	Country:		United States of America
	Language:		English
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