Research Summaries
Kirkwood (2022) on a practice framework for restorative justice
Research assistant Tobi Coker’s summary explores Steve Kirkwood’s recent paper, A Practice Framework for Restorative Justice (2022, Aggression & Violence Behaviour, 63, 1-10). This article applies theoretical and empirical research to provide an up-to-date...
Batchelor (2017) on victim participation as a factor of offence seriousness and time
Research assistant David Ruttledge’s first summary outlines key findings from the paper by Diana Batchelor, Restoring Choice: The Relationship between Offence Seriousness, Intervening Time, and Victims’ Responses to the Offer of Restorative Interventions (2017,...
Erez et al. (2020) on involving victims in policy and service design
Research assistant Aoife Reynolds’ first summary explores the book chapter by Erez, Jiang and Laster, From Cinderella to Consumer: How Crime Victims Can Go to the Ball (2020, Victimology: Research, Policy and Activism, Chapter 13). This argued that user-centred design...
Jonas-van Dijk et al. (2020) on whether victim-offender mediation reduces recidivism
Intern Andrea Pownall’s first summary investigates the key findings from the paper by Jonas-van Dijk et al., Victim–Offender Mediation and Reduced Reoffending: Gauging the Self-Selection Bias (2020, Crime & Delinquency, 66(6–7), 949–972). This work examines...
Bouffard et al. (2017) on recidivism, young offenders and types of restorative justice
Intern Katrina Mendham summarises a recent article from Bouffard, Cooper and Bergseth: The effectiveness of various restorative justice interventions on recidivism outcomes among juvenile offenders (2017, Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 15(4), 465-480). The paper...
Walker and Kobayashi (2020) on restorative reentry circles
Intern Jenny Finlay summarises work by Walker and Kobayashi taking place in the US State of Hawai’i. The article, Hawai’i Federal Court Restorative Reentry Circle Pilot Project (2020, Federal Probation, 84, 48-55) explores a recent project using circle processes to...
Joyce and Keenan (2014) on restorative justice and sexual violence
Intern Kate Duffy’s second summary reviews the UCD working paper by Joyce and Keenan, Restorative Justice, Sexual Violence and the Criminal Justice System, which explores the benefits of restorative justice in promoting access to justice for victims, and the issues...
Van Camp and Wemmers (2013) on victim satisfaction with restorative justice
Intern Catriona Kenny’s second summary focuses on victims in restorative justice. She reviews the paper by Van Camp and Wemmers, Victim Satisfaction with Restorative Justice: More Than Simply Procedural Justice (2013, International Review of Victimology, 19(2),...
Bolitho (2015) on meeting victims’ justice needs
Intern Grace Hughes’ second research summary focuses on the delivery of restorative justice in practice. Here, she reviews Jane Bolitho’s Putting justice needs first: A case study of best practice in restorative justice (2015, Restorative Justice: An International...
Gavin and Sabbagh (2019) on restorative community courts in Ireland
Intern Catriona Kenny’s first summary outlines the key arguments from Gavin and Sabbagh’s paper Developing Community Courts with Restorative Justice in Ireland (2019, British Journal of Community Justice 15(2), 19-40). The article argues that Ireland should learn from...
Kilkelly (2011) on the Garda Youth Diversion Programme
Intern Grace Hughes’ first summary explores the Garda Youth Diversion Programme. Grace reviews Ursula Kilkelly’s Policing, Young People, Diversion and Accountability in Ireland (2011, Crime, Law and Social Change, 55(2), 133-151), analysing the policy framework for...
Keenan (2018) on practitioner training for restorative justice and sexual violence
Intern Kate Duffy’s first summary reviews Marie Keenan’s article Training for restorative justice work in cases of sexual violence (2018, International Journal of Restorative Justice, 1(2), 291-302). The article outlines the different models of restorative justice...
Pranis (2006) on restorative practices in the (prison) workplace
Intern Karl McGrath's fifth and final summary also focuses on restorative practice and prison culture. Karl's review of Kay Pranis' Healing and Accountability in the Criminal Justice System: Applying Restorative Justice Processes in the Workplace (2006, Cardozo...
Nowotny and Carrara (2018) on restorative practices and prison gang violence
Our fourth research summary explores a recent study by Nowotny and Carrara (2018), The Use of Restorative Practices to Reduce Prison Gang Violence: Lessons on Transforming Cultures of Violence (Conflict Resolution Quarterly. 36(2), 131-144). In the summary, our intern...
Goulding, Hall and Steels (2008) on restorative prisons
In our third research summary, intern Karl McGrath has kindly reviewed the article by Goulding, Hall & Steels (2008), Restorative Prisons: Towards Radical Prison Reform (Current Issues in Criminal Justice. 20(2) 231-242). Building on the summaries of Hopkins...
Clarke and Williams (2018) on changing prison service culture through dialogue
In the second of our series of research summaries, intern Karl McGrath has kindly reviewed the recent article Dialogue and a Healing Environment in the Virginia Department of Corrections, by Clarke and Williams (2018). As with Belinda's article, this article discusses...
Hopkins (2015) on building restorative organisational cultures
In the first of our series of research summaries, intern Karl McGrath has kindly reviewed Belinda Hopkins' recent article, From Restorative Justice to Restorative Culture (2015, Revista de Asistenta Sociala. 14:4, 19-34). This summary, the original article to which it...