Balancing justice goals: restorative justice practitioners’ views

Crocker, Diane

doi:10.1080/10282580.2016.1226815

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“…This study contributes to a growing literature which examines how restorative justice is understood and experienced by its facilitators (e.g., Crocker, 2016;Murray, 2012). Researchers caution that police anecdotes may reflect mythology, rather than reality (Bayley & Bittner, 1984), but officers' accounts can boost our understanding of the principles, reasoning and priorities that underpin their decision-making (Reiner, 2010;Shearing & Ericson, 1991).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Institutionalising restorative justice in the police: key findings from a study of two English police forces

Marder

2020

Contemporary Justice Review

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This paper reports the findings of an empirical research project, exploring ongoing attempts to mainstream restorative justice within two English police forces and examining how the police understood and used restorative justice in practice. The findings suggest that two institutional prioritiesto satisfy victims and manage the demand on the police's timestrongly influenced the interpretation and practice of restorative justice. This created tensions as police officers who facilitated restorative justice processes used their discretion to determine, on a case-by-case basis, how best to balance these institutional goals with the restorative goal of stakeholder empowerment. These findings illustrate how the police can implement abstract concepts in a selective, discretionary manner, and enhances the limited empirical literature that explains how existing priorities and embedded ways of working within criminal justice agencies, shape their understanding and use of restorative justice in practice. Such knowledge is crucial, if we are to help maximise the benefits and minimise the risks of restorative justice and restorative policing. The article also introduces the concept of 'managed empowerment' to help explain how the tensions between restorative and institutional goals manifested themselves.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 96%

Institutionalising restorative justice in the police: key findings from a study of two English police forces

Marder

2020

Contemporary Justice Review

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“…(2) strengthen communities; (3) increase victim satisfaction; and (4) restore public confidence in the criminal justice system (Crocker, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The province of Nova Scotia is also leading many other RJ initiatives particularly in the education, research, capacity building, and human rights spheres. Published articles and reports on the impact of RJ practices in Nova Scotia are extensive (Archibald & Llewellyn, 2006;Clairmont, 2005;Clairmont & Waters, 2015;Crocker, 2016;Llewellyn et al, 2015). There is a dearth, however, of peer-reviewed journal articles documenting perspectives of visionaries and practitioners of RJ, since most of the scholarship has focused exclusively on the voices of victims and offenders.…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring the genesis and praxis of restorative justice in Nova Scotia, Canada

Asadullah

2022

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Nova Scotia has seen the most systematic growth of restorative justice (RJ) in Canada. Initially moving from a pilot RJ phase to province-wide implementation for young offenders, a similar model was used to implement RJ for adult offenders. Nova Scotia has received national and international attention for its innovations in RJ. Extensive articles and reports have been published about the RJ movement in Nova Scotia, focusing mainly on the impact of RJ practices. Few peer-reviewed journal articles document the factors that contributed to the actual growth of RJ in Nova Scotia. To address this research gap, this study employed 8 in-depth key informant interviews and a survey. Two distinct stages—Catalytic and Innovative—emerged as salient factors shaping the growth of RJ in Nova Scotia. This study also reveals contemporary discourses and issues prevalent among RJ visionaries and practitioners in Nova Scotia, such as relational theory of justice, the moratorium against the use RJ for gender-based violence, and the role of government. This research offers a comprehensive debate on the concept of a moratorium against gender-based violence and the role of government. The paper concludes by addressing limitations and areas for future research.

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“…Barriers to implementation often manifest in traditional ways of thinking that are linked to the principles of the formal criminal justice system which promotes punishment, retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, and accountability, compared to RJ that promotes victim, offender, and community participation. The differences between the traditional justice system and restorative justice has raised questions and concerns regarding the ability of criminal justice practitioners (particularly police) to balance the competing goals of RJ and the traditional criminal justice system (Crocker, 2016). However, it appears that frontline officers generally view restorative justice as a viable option for both youth and adult offenders (Crocker, 2013;Stockdale, 2015), while earlier studies have found that police often did not have a clear understanding of RJ philosophies, and viewed it as appropriate for first time, less serious, non-violent offenders (Abramson, 2003).…”

Section: Restorative Justice and Policementioning

confidence: 99%

“…With on-going training, police officers can balance the competing goals of restorative justice and criminal justice (McCold, 2003). This leaves some researchers to conclude that the argument against police-led restorative justice programs are not possible should be laid to rest (Crocker, 2016;McCold, 2003). When trying to implement new policies into police organizations, agencies must be cognizant not to revert to a "business as usual" mentality.…”

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An Examination of Police Culture and its Effects on Patrol Officers Attitudes towards Restorative Justice

Broschuk¹

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The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between restorative justice and police culture, and the level to which this culture acts as barrier to the successful implementation and use of restorative justice by frontline police officers. Using a multi-level work group framework, frontline officer’s attitudes and understanding of restorative justice and police culture beliefs are examined, and then their impact on frontline police work is assessed. This study employs an explanatory sequential mixed methods design and is conducted in two phases. The initial quantitative phase involved distributing a Likert-style survey to frontline officers to measure their attitudes and understanding of restorative justice and police culture variables. After analysis of the initial quantitative findings, semi-structured interview questions were developed building on these findings to provide for a more in-depth qualitative analysis. Results indicate that police culture variables such as solidarity, teamwork, crime fighting and tough on crime attitudes are still persistent in policing, but frontline officers are generally accepting of restorative justice, and believe that it has a place in their frontline work as a dispositional tool. Findings indicate, however, that officers perceive restorative justice as another option only for less serious crimes and low risk offenders, and not as a new method of managing offender activity. Restorative justice is not being used to its fullest potential. To increase use of RJ diversion more thorough training, specialist designations and supervisory and middle management direction is recommended.

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Balancing justice goals: restorative justice practitioners’ views

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Institutionalising restorative justice in the police: key findings from a study of two English police forces

Institutionalising restorative justice in the police: key findings from a study of two English police forces

Exploring the genesis and praxis of restorative justice in Nova Scotia, Canada

An Examination of Police Culture and its Effects on Patrol Officers Attitudes towards Restorative Justice

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