The literature on restorative justice and reoffending consists largely of comparative analyses traditional interventions suggests small but significant differences or no in reoffending. We gathered data from conferencing observations police records to explore the variable effects conference dynamics offenders' characteristics predicting future offending. found that youthful offenders who were observed be remorseful whose outcomes reached by consensus less likely reoffend. This finding when...

Phishing is the use of fraudulent emails to obtain personal financial information from victims by posing as legitimate institutions or commerce sites. This exploratory study involved interviewing 104 participants, 50 whom reported having received a phishing email. The theoretical foundation for this research Routine Activity Theory, whereby crime considered be consequence presence motivated offender, suitable target, and absence capable guardian. One findings arising indicates that potential...

This paper adds to a growing body of Australian research on conferencing and re-offending. We gathered data from conference case files offending history records for 200 young offenders who were conferenced in southeast Queensland April 1997 May 1999 assess the impact offender characteristics features future behaviour. After 3 5 years following their conference, just over half (56%) our sample went commit one or more offences. Bivariate analyses showed that offenders' age at first offence,...

(1998). Restorative Justice and Community Conferencing: Summary of Findings from a Pilot Study. Current Issues in Criminal Justice: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 138-155.

Restorative justice conferencing, in response to youthful offending, has grown popularity around the world.While there is now substantial empirical evidence that shows offenders and victims are satisfied with outcomes perceive process as generally fair, available data on reoffending have produced mixed results. Uncertainty about how conferencing affects future offending may result from analysed. In this paper, I used survival analysis reanalyse Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Policing Experiment...

The literature on restorative justice is replete with findings showing that offenders and victims judge processes as fair view outcomes satisfactory. There less evidence to suggest, however, are in fact restorative. I first consider how apology forgiveness feature one form of (youth conferencing) then examine from two major research projects Australia (RISE SAJJ) show why reconciliation repair not common conferences.

Jail and prison populations in the United States have continued to grow unabated during past two decades but crime rates not declined. Partly response pressures caused by burgeoning correctional populations, use of alternatives incarceration has expanded. An ongoing debate centers on effectiveness these alternatives. Many criminal justice professionals some researchers question whether such seriously restrict system 's ability incapacitate active offender. This study deals specifically with...

Abstract Restorative justice has grown in popularity around the world, and various restorative initiatives are place or being trialled many countries. New Zealand Australia have most experience with form of conferencing primarily for young offenders, although adult offenders is increasingly used these jurisdictions. In Pacific Islands older forms customary practices endure despite introduction modern Western systems. this article we provide a comprehensive review developments to show degree...

Journal Article Agreements in Restorative Justice Conferences: Exploring the Implications of for Post-Conference Offending Behaviour Get access Hennessey Hayes, Hayes Search other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Tara Renae McGee, McGee Helen Punter, Punter Michael John Cerruto * School Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, 176 Messines Ridge Road, Mount Gravatt, QLD, Australia; h.hayes@griffith.edu.au; (a former Honours student who worked on research...

Research grounded in labeling, differential association, social learning, and control theory provides useful information about various phases of the delinquency process. However, none these theories accounts for entire Recent work has demonstrated, example, that may be more suitable explaining initial delinquency, whereas labeling is continued delinquency. This paper incorporates theoretical elements into a model explains both Analysis data from three waves National Youth Survey support...

In feminist criminology, there is a growing body of research exploring gendered pathways into prison. However, this has focussed predominantly on women. There are few gender comparative studies. Further, most western centric having, for the part, been undertaken in United States. Utilising categorical principal components analysis alongside descriptive statistics and illustrative case study examples, paper adds to by describing comparing women’s men’s prison Thailand. Three common emerged...

Background This study is focused on the status of women in Australia policing terms aggregate level data. That is, concern with numerical outcomes and diagnostic potential such an approach. The premise that gender equality desirable across functions. assumed social justice principles, equal performance capacity women, reference to a right access female police officers by offenders victims crime. In pressing concerns about behaviour, there also argument may be considered regarding likelihood...

Youth crime is an ongoing concern in Australia. Victims, offenders and the community are all affected by current criminal justice approach seems both ineffective inefficient. Restorative proponents have posited that their to through dialogue negotiation conferencing process may be more effective than traditional retributive justice. for young not, however, unfaultable its ability reduce harm caused or recidivism. The main focus of has been on outcomes with limited attention paid impact a...

Over the past two decades, research has produced inconsistent results regarding crime prevention potential of restorative justice conferencing for young offenders. Some comparative suggested that reduces reoffending compared with other youth processes (Strang et al 1999). Other quantitative examined circumstances under which and found offender characteristics, conference features post-conference life experiences are important in explaining after a (Hayes Daly 2003). Drawing upon observation...