Your First Five Crime Studies of April 17
All of today's research relates to restorative justice
I'm Aaron Jacklin, and this is Explaining Crime, an independent newsletter that helps you explain crime to your audience.
Your First Five is a daily series (M-F) that publishes a curated selection of recent research related to crime and justice. Each post is more a tip sheet than an article and contains links to new studies (each related to a single topic) that I hope will enhance your work explaining crime. The publication schedule is in flux for the moment.
These new studies related to criminology and criminal justice were published recently by journals I monitor.
1. Applicability and uses of the online environment in restorative mediation: towards a digital restorative justice?, published in Current Issues in Criminal Justice.
This study aims to propose valuable insights into what works, what doesn’t, and how restorative justice services could optimize their functioning within the broader criminal justice system through judicious use of ICTs [Information and Communication Technologies].
2. Getting to Accountability in Restorative Justice, published in Victims & Offenders.
Toward these problems of “getting to accountability,” we set forth a definition that is comprised of three phases – the giving, taking, and making of accountability – primary to how offenders demonstrate and how victims and others perceive accountability in restorative justice meetings.
3. Revisiting the gap between ideals and realities within restorative justice: Experiences from the Norwegian youth justice reform, published in Criminology & Criminal Justice.
The study reveals a distinct gap between ideals and practical realities. This gap is elaborated on and discussed within various perspectives on restorative justice. By this, the article adds both to international literature on the subject and to debates on limitations of this principle within youth justice.
4. Restorative Justice for Domestic Violence: The Meaning of Community in Circles, published in Victims & Offenders.
hree themes emerged: Importance of community involvement, Offenders’ prospects of change when the community is involved, and circles as a community within a community. The discussion highlights the beneficial role of community in the restorative process...
5. Restorative Justice Responses to Sexual Violence: Perspectives and Experiences of Participating Persons Responsible and Persons Harmed, published in Victims & Offenders.
Although there is some variation in responses, the findings indicate that a majority of both persons harmed and persons responsible generally had positive perspectives on and experiences of the restorative justice processes offered by Project Restore.
I might cover some of these studies further in Understanding Crime. If one sounds interesting or important, let me know in the comments.
If you’ve seen a few of these posts and are wondering: Yes, I use a template. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, these posts are intended more as tip sheets than articles. “These posts” and the directories (next coming Monday!) are the output of my research discovery system, which I’ve been working on and streamlining. That system is intended to furnish a wide variety of crime research and facilitate choices of what new research to actually report on, both for myself and for the journalists out there. I hope others will find these tip sheets interesting and useful for reasons that I haven’t even thought of.
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