TY - JOUR
T1 - Expanding a community's justice response to sex crimes through advocacy, prosecutorial, and public health collaboration
T2 - Introducing the RESTORE program
AU - Koss, Mary P.
AU - Bachar, Karen J.
AU - Hopkins, C. Quince
AU - Carlson, Carolyn
PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - Problems in criminal justice system response to date-acquaintance rape and nonpenetration sexual offenses include (a) they are markers of a sexual offending career, yet are viewed as minor; (b) perpetrators are not held accountable in ways that reduce reoffense; and (c) criminal justice response disappoints and traumatizes victims. To address these problems, a collaboration of victim services, prosecutors, legal scholars, and public health professionals are implementing and evaluating RESTORE, a victim-driven, community-based restorative justice program for selected sex crimes. RESTORE prepares survivors, responsible persons (offenders), and both parties' families and friends for face-to-face dialogue to identify the harm and develop a redress plan. The program then monitors the offender's compliance for 12 months. The article summarizes empirical data on problems in criminal justice response, defines restorative justice models, and examines outcome. Then the RESTORE program processes and goals are described. The article highlights community collaboration in building and sustaining this program.
AB - Problems in criminal justice system response to date-acquaintance rape and nonpenetration sexual offenses include (a) they are markers of a sexual offending career, yet are viewed as minor; (b) perpetrators are not held accountable in ways that reduce reoffense; and (c) criminal justice response disappoints and traumatizes victims. To address these problems, a collaboration of victim services, prosecutors, legal scholars, and public health professionals are implementing and evaluating RESTORE, a victim-driven, community-based restorative justice program for selected sex crimes. RESTORE prepares survivors, responsible persons (offenders), and both parties' families and friends for face-to-face dialogue to identify the harm and develop a redress plan. The program then monitors the offender's compliance for 12 months. The article summarizes empirical data on problems in criminal justice response, defines restorative justice models, and examines outcome. Then the RESTORE program processes and goals are described. The article highlights community collaboration in building and sustaining this program.
KW - Community-based restorative justice: Collaboration
KW - Rape
KW - Restorative justice models
KW - Sexual assault
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U2 - 10.1177/0886260504269703
DO - 10.1177/0886260504269703
M3 - Article
C2 - 15492059
AN - SCOPUS:9544257270
SN - 0886-2605
VL - 19
SP - 1435
EP - 1463
JO - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
JF - Journal of Interpersonal Violence
IS - 12
ER -