RJC brief of the Ministry of Justice fourth report on Restorative Justice
In June 2008, the Ministry of Justice released its final report into the Restorative Justice trials that began in 2001.
The concluding report covers the results of the research regarding the impact of RJ on reconviction rates as well as how cost effective the intervention is.
The report shows:
- A significant decrease in the frequency of reconviction over the following two years, looking over all the trials, schemes and groups. Offenders’ reoffending decelerated.
- A large impact on the JRC Northumbria court property trial that there was a reduced likelihood and severity of reoffending for the following two years against the control group - and significantly fewer reconvictions for the JRC Northumbria site as a whole.
- RJ can produce costs savings - from £1 per £1 spent on RJ to £9 per £1 spent on RJ depending on the setting.
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Resource themes:
Community, Criminal justice
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Policy - Government