TY - JOUR
T1 - The RESTORE Program of Restorative Justice for Sex Crimes
T2 - Vision, Process, and Outcomes
AU - Koss, Mary P.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Initial planning was funded by the Tucson Police Department, and implementation and evaluation were funded by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, an entity within the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC; R49/CCR921709-03-3).
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - The article reports empirical evaluation of RESTORE, a restorative justice (RJ) conferencing program adapted to prosecutor-referred adult misdemeanor and felony sexual assaults. RESTORE conferences included voluntary enrollment, preparation, and a face-to-face meeting where primary and secondary victims voice impacts, and responsible persons acknowledge their acts and together develop a re-dress plan that is supervised for 1 year. Process data included referral and consent rates, participant characteristics, observational ratings of conferences compared with program design, services delivered, and safety monitoring. Outcome evaluation used 22 cases to assess (a) pre-post reasons for choosing RESTORE, (b) preparation and conference experiences, (c) overall program and justice satisfaction, and (d) completion rates. This is the first peer-reviewed quantitative evaluation of RJ conferencing for adult sexual assault. Although the data have limitations, the results support cautious optimism regarding feasibility, safety, and satisfactory outcomes. They help envision how conferencing could expand and individualize justice options for sexual assault.
AB - The article reports empirical evaluation of RESTORE, a restorative justice (RJ) conferencing program adapted to prosecutor-referred adult misdemeanor and felony sexual assaults. RESTORE conferences included voluntary enrollment, preparation, and a face-to-face meeting where primary and secondary victims voice impacts, and responsible persons acknowledge their acts and together develop a re-dress plan that is supervised for 1 year. Process data included referral and consent rates, participant characteristics, observational ratings of conferences compared with program design, services delivered, and safety monitoring. Outcome evaluation used 22 cases to assess (a) pre-post reasons for choosing RESTORE, (b) preparation and conference experiences, (c) overall program and justice satisfaction, and (d) completion rates. This is the first peer-reviewed quantitative evaluation of RJ conferencing for adult sexual assault. Although the data have limitations, the results support cautious optimism regarding feasibility, safety, and satisfactory outcomes. They help envision how conferencing could expand and individualize justice options for sexual assault.
KW - criminology
KW - law and justice
KW - offender treatment
KW - rape
KW - restorative justice
KW - sexual assault
KW - sexual crime
KW - victim-offender dialogue
KW - victimology
KW - violence prevention
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U2 - 10.1177/0886260513511537
DO - 10.1177/0886260513511537
M3 - Article
C2 - 24368680
AN - SCOPUS:84899688314
SN - 0886-2605
VL - 29
SP - 1623
EP - 1660
JO - Journal of interpersonal violence
JF - Journal of interpersonal violence
IS - 9
ER -