Comment & Analysis: Letters: Justice that does work
You report (Sorry is the easiest word - crime survey, January 4) on a Home Office study of a "restorative cautioning" scheme in Thames Valley police between 1998-2001. Your assertion that restorative justice schemes cannot reduce repeat offending is incorrect. The researchers themselves in...
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| Published in | The Guardian (London) |
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| Format | Newspaper Article |
| Language | English |
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London (UK)
Guardian News & Media Limited
10.01.2005
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| Summary: | You report (Sorry is the easiest word - crime survey, January 4) on a Home Office study of a "restorative cautioning" scheme in Thames Valley police between 1998-2001. Your assertion that restorative justice schemes cannot reduce repeat offending is incorrect. The researchers themselves in Thames Valley acknowledged that constraints on the research design meant it was not possible to assess whether restorative justice was more effective than conventional justice in reducing repeat offending. |
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| ISSN: | 0261-3077 1756-3224 |