A curated list of free resources related to Restorative Practices, Conflict Transformation and Nonviolent Communication.
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This is a working paper from the National Bureau for Economic Research. "This paper studies the effect of a restorative justice intervention targeted at youth ages 13 to 17 facing felony charges of medium severity (e.g., burglary, assault). Eligible youths were randomly assigned to participate in the Make-it-Right (MIR) restorative justice program or to a control group in which they faced criminal prosecution."
In 2016, The Georgia Juvenile Justice State Advisory Group (SAG) commissioned this study to track disproportionate minority contact with the Juvenile Justice System in counties throughout the state of Georgia.
This research brief is the first in a series of reports on the concept, application and effectiveness of restorative justice practices in criminal and juvenile justice. It describes the overall premise of restorative justice, defines the prominent restorative justice approaches being used in the justice system today, and summarizes findings from contemporary synthesis research on the effectiveness of restorative justice in reducing recidivism and promoting other positive outcome for offenders and victims.
This report was authored by Ashley Nellis, Ph.D., Senior ResearchAnalyst at The Sentencing Project. Substantial research assistance wasprovided by former Research Fellows Skye Liston and Savannah En.
This is a recently published reseach study which evaluated misdemeanor cases that occurred in Minneapolis between September 2014 and December 2018 finding that youth who participated in restorative justice diversion after arrest were less likely to experience re-arrest in the following year compared to those processed traditionally.
This report was written by Richard Mendel, Senior Research Fellow at The Sentencing Project. It argues that "to reduce overreliance on youth incarceration, alternative-to-incarceration programs must be supported by youth justice systems that heed adolescent development research, make timely and evidence-informed decisions about how delinquency cases are handled, and institutionalize youth only as a last resort when they pose an immediate threat to public safety."
This report was written by Richard Mendel, Senior Research Fellow at The Sentencing Project. It identifies six program models that consistently produce better results than incarceration, and it details the essential characteristics required for any alternative-to-incarceration program – including homegrown programs developed by local justice system leaders and community partners – to reduce young people’s likelihood of reoffending and steer them to success.
This report was written by Richard Mendel, Senior Research Fellow at The Sentencing Project. It summarizes the evidence documenting the serious problems associated with the youth justice system’s continuing heavy reliance on incarceration and makes recommendations for reducing the use of confinement.
This report, written by Impact Justice’s Restorative Justice Project, explores Community Works West’s Restorative Community Conferencing program, which currently diverts over 100 youth per year away from the juvenile legal system. Restorative Community Conferencing (RCC) is a process for resolving harm through an organized, facilitated dialogue in which young people, with the support of family and community members, meet with their crime victims to create a plan to repair the harm caused by their offense.
This resource provides a detailed overview of Restorative Justice Diversion and important elements of RJD program development. This resource was created by the Restorative Justice Project at Impact Justice
This article, written by Mimi E. Kim and published in the International Review of Victimology, explores emerging visions of justice in its application to gender-based violence, as well as the contrasting trajectories of restorative justice and transformative justice, and the liberatory vision and practices of transformative justice.
