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Ministry of Justice 2012 Restorative Justice Action Plan
The Ministry of Justice set out a strategy to build access, capacity and awareness of restorative justice across the criminal justice system in a Restorative Justice Action Plan, published in November 2012. |
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Home Affairs Committee recommends restorative justice to Independent Police Complaints Commission
Restorative justice presents 'rich avenues' for improving the handling of police complaints, a report of the Home Affairs Select Committee into the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found. |
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RJC response to the Victims’ Code consultation paper
In this 2013 response, the Restorative Justice Council (RJC) welcomed Getting it Right for Victims and Witnesses, and the inclusion of restorative justice in one of the nine principles underpinning the new Victims’ Code. |
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Innovative justice responses to sexual offending
In May 2014, the Centre for Innovative Justice, a department within RMIT University in Australia, published a major report which recommends the use of restorative justice in cases of sexual offending. |
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An Exploratory Evaluation of Restorative Justice Schemes
In September 2001, the Home Office released two studies on the use of restorative justice. |
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Introducing Restorative Justice To The Police Complaints System: Close Encounters Of The Rare Kind
By Roderick Hill, Karen Cooper, Carolyn Hoyle and Richard Young. Oxford University Centre for Criminological Research Occasional Paper No. 20. (2003) |
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Ministry of Justice evaluation: implementing restorative justice schemes (Crime Reduction Programme) first year report
This is the first year report of Home Office-funded pilot studies of three restorative justice projects. |
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Ministry of Justice evaluation: implementing restorative justice schemes (Crime Reduction Programme) second phase report
This is the second report on pilot studies of three restorative justice projects: CONNECT, the Justice Research Consortium, and REMEDI. |
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Restorative Approaches in Primary Schools: An Evaluation of the Project Co-ordinated by the Barnet Youth Offending Service
This report reveals the findings of a 2008 evaluation of restorative approaches in schools in Barnet. |
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Ministry of Justice evaluation: implementing restorative justice schemes (Crime Reduction Programme) final report
This is the final Ministry of Justice report into the restorative justice trials that began in 2001. This concluding report gives the results of the research, highlighting both the positive impact of restorative justice on reducing reconviction rates and the cost-effectiveness of the intervention. |