This collection consists of summary annotations on all available restorative justice dialogue research the Center has been able to locate to date. The forms of restorative justice dialogue represented in the collection include Victim Offender Mediation (also known as Victim Offender Reconciliation, Victim Offender Dialogue, and Victim-Sensitive Offender Dialogue), Group Conferencing (including family group conferencing and community group conferencing), Circles, and Other (reparation boards and other dialogue services). The annotations can be scrolled by author or by title.
Annotated publications that are available on line are followed by a hotlink to the publication url. In many instances a single research project has resulted in more than one publication. Where these are known, the publications resulting from a single project are listed together in chronological order beginning with the earliest release date, and the annotations that follow apply to the project as a whole. The Center is continually seeking to update its collection and annotation database.
Please contact the Center if you are aware of published research on restorative justice dialogue that is not represented in our collection.
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VICTIM OFFENDER MEDIATION
A Preliminary Study of a Large Victim/Offender Reconciliation Program. Niemeyer, M. and D. Shichor (1996) Summary
A Summary of the Evaluations of Six California Victim Offender Rehabilitation Programs. Evje, A. and R. Cushman, (2000) Summary
An Evaluation of Recidivism Rates for Resolutions Northwest's Victim-Offender Mediation Program. Stone, K. (2000) Summary
An Exploratory Evaluation of Restorative Justice Schemes. Executive Summary. Miers, D., M. Maguire, S. Goldie, K. Sharpe, C. Hale, A. Netten, S. Uglow, K. Doolin, A. Hallam, J. Enterkin and T. Newburn (2001 Summary
Beyond Zero Tolerance: Restoring Justice in Secondary Schools. Stinchcomb, Jeanne B and Bazemore, Gordon and Riestenberg, Nancy (2006). Summary
Can Mediation Cut Reoffending? Wynne, J. and I. Brown. (1998) Summary
Cobb County Juvenile Court Mediation Program Evaluation Carrolton, GA: State University of West Georgia. Stone, S., W. Helms and P. Edgeworth (1998) Summary PDF Download Document
Crime Victims Meet Juvenile Offenders: Contributing Factors to Victim Satisfaction with Mediated Dialogue. Bradshaw, W. and M. S. Umbreit (1998) Summary
Crime Victims Seeking Fairness, Not Revenge: Toward Restorative Justice. Umbreit, M. S. (1989a) Summary
Deschutes County Delinquent Youth Demonstration Project. Secretary of State Audit Report # 2002-29. Bradbury, B. (2002) Summary
Evaluation of the Restorative Justice Program Eugene, OR: Lane County Department of Youth Services. Nelson, S. (2000) Summary
Evaluation of the Victim Offender Mediation Project, Langley, BC: Final Report. Roberts, T. (1995) Summary
Executive Summary: Victim Offender Dialogue In Crimes Of Severe Violence: A Multi Site Study Of Programs In Texas And Ohio. Umbreit, M. S., B. Vos, R. B. Coates and K. Brown (2002) Summary
Factors that Contribute to Victim Satisfaction with Mediated Offender Dialogue in Winnipeg: An Emerging Area of Social Work Practice. Umbreit, M. S. and W. Bradshaw (1999) Summary
Final Evaluation Report on the Grande Prairie Community Reconciliation Project For Young Offenders. Collins, J. P. (1984) Summary
Impact of Victim-Offender Mediation in Canada, England and the United States. Umbreit, M. S., R. B. Coates, and A. Roberts (1998) Summary
In the shadow of penal law Victim–offender mediation in Germany and France. Trankle, S. (2007) Summary
Leeds Mediation and Reparation Service: Ten Years Experience of Victim-Offender Mediation. Wynne, J. (1996) Summary
Making Amends: Justice for Victims and Offenders. Warner, S. (1992) Summary
Mediated Victim-Offender Restitution Agreements: An Exploratory Analysis of Factors Related to Victim Participation. Gehm, J. (1990) Summary
Mediation and Arbitration as Alternative to Prosecution in Felony Arrest Cases, An Evaluation of the Brooklyn Dispute Resolution Center. Davis, R., M. Tichane and D. Grayson (1980) Summary
Mediation of Interpersonal Disputes: An Evaluation of North Carolina's Programs. Clarke, S., E. Valente and R. Mace (1992) Summary
Mediation of Victim Offender Conflict Umbreit, M. S. (1988) Summary
Mediation Services: An Evaluation. Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN. Perry, L., T. Lajeunesse and A. Woods (1987) Summary
Minnesota Mediation Center Produces Positive Results. Umbreit, M. S. (1991) Summary
Participation in Victim-Offender Mediation and Severity of Subsequent Delinquent Behavior: Successful Replications?" Nugent, W., M. Umbreit, L. Wiinamaki and J. Paddock (1999) Summary
Participation in Victim-Offender Mediation and the Prevalence and Severity of Subsequent Delinquent Behavior: A Meta-Analysis. Nugent, W., R. M. Williams and M. S. Umbreit (2003) Summary
Predictors of Client Participation in Victim-Offender Mediation. Wyrick, P. and M. Costanzo (1999) Summary
Repairing the Damage: An Evaluation of an Experimental Adult Reparation Scheme in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Dignan, (1990) Summary
Restitution and Recidivism Rates of Juvenile Offenders: Results from Four Experimental Studies Schneider, A. (1986) Summary
Restoration and Retribution: How Including Retributive Components Affects the Acceptability of Restorative Justice Procedures. Gromet, Dena M. and Darley, John M (2006). Summary
Restorative Justice and victim offender mediation: A new area for social psychological inquiry? Bilz, K. (2002) Summary
Restorative Justice and Youth Courts: An Examination of Implementation Intensity, Recidivism, and Accountability. Ventura, Holly Elizabeth (2006). Summary
Restorative Justice at Work: Examining the Impact of Restorative Justice Resolutions on Juvenile Recidivism. Rodriguez, Nancy (2007) Summary
Restorative Justice in practice-findings from the second phase of the evaluation of three schemes. Shapland, Joanna and Dignan, James and Chapman, Becca and Atkinson, Helen and Sorbs, Angela and Johnstone, Jennifer and Howes, Marie and Atkinson, Anne and Robinson, Gwen and Colledge, Emily (2006). Summary
Restoring the Harmony: A Report on a Victim Offender Conferencing Pilot Project. Dissel, A. (2000) Summary
Results of Research from British Experiments in Restorative Justice. Marshall, T. (1990) Summary
The Effect of Victim-Offender Mediation on Severity of Reoffense. Nugent, W. M. and J. Paddock (1995) Summary
Two Types of Juvenile Restitution Programs in Two Midwestern Counties: A Comparative Study. Roy, S. (1993) Summary
Victim Offender Communication in Felony Cases: An Archival Analysis of Ohio’s Office of Victim Services Dialogue Program. Borton, I. (2005) Summary
Victim Offender Mediation: An Evaluation of the Pima County Juvenile Court Center's Victim Offender Mediation Program (VOMP) Roberts, L. (1998) Summary
Victim Offender Mediation: Application with Serious Offences Committed by Juveniles. Flaten, C. (1996) Summary
Victim-Offender Mediation by New Zealand Probation Officers: The Possibilities and the Reality. Galaway, B. (1995) Summary
Victim-Offender Mediation in the Juvenile Justice System. Hughes, S. and A. Schneider, (1990) Summary
Victim Offender Mediation in Missouri’s juvenile courts: accountability, restitution, and transformation. Katz, J. (2000) Summary
Victim-Offender Reconciliation Programs: Juvenile property offender recidivism and severity of reoffense in three Tennessee counties. Winnamaki, L. (1997) Summary
Victim Participation in Victim Offender Conferencing: Washington County, Minnesota Community Justice Program. Coates, R.B., Burns, H. & Umbreit, M. (2002) Summary PDF Download Document
Victims of Property Crime Meeting Their Juvenile Offenders: Victim Participants' Evaluation of the Dakota County (MN) Community Corrections Victim Offender Meeting Program. Strode, E. (1997) Summary
Victims of Severe Violence Meet the Offender in Ohio. Umbreit, M. S. and K. A. Brown (1999) Summary
Victims of Severe Violence Meet the Offender: Restorative Justice Through Dialogue Umbreit, M. S., W. Bradshaw, and R. B. Coates (1999) Summary
Violent Offenders and Their Victims Umbreit, M. S. (1989b) Summary
VORS Program Evaluation Report. Carr, C. (1998) Summary
Youthful Offenders Response to Victim Offender Conferencing in Washington County, MN. Abrams, L and M. S. Umbreit (2002) Summary PDF Download Document
GROUP CONFERENCING
A New Approach to Juvenile Justice: An Evaluation of Family Group Conferencing in Wagga Wagga. Moore, D. B. and L. Forsyth (1995) Summary
An Empirical Review of Family Group conferencing in Juvenile Offenses. Bradshaw, W. and Roseborough, D. (2005)
Assessing Re-offending in Restorative Justice Conferences. Hayes, H. (2004) Summary
Client Evaluation of Family Group Conferencing in 12 Sites in 1st Judicial District of Minnesota Summary Fercello, C. and M.S. Umbreit (1998). Download Document
Community Justice Conferences Technical Report 1 to the National Institute of Justice. Sherman, L., J. Braithwaite, H. Strang, G. Barnes and N. Inkpen (1998) Summary
Conferencing: A New Approach for Juvenile Justice in Honolulu. Walker, L. (2002) Summary
Conferencing and Re-offending in Queensland Hayes, H. and K. Daly (2004) Summary
Conferencing in Australia and New Zealand: Variations, Research Findings, and Prospects Daly, K. (2001). Summary
Family Group Conferencing and Reoffending Maxwell, G. and A. Morris (2001) Summary
Family Group Conferencing and Re-Offending Among First-Time Juvenile Offenders: The Indianapolis Experiment McGarrell, E., N. Kroovand Hipple (2007) Summary
Family Group Conferencing Program Results in Client Satisfaction Umbreit, M. and C. Fercello, (1998) Summary
Family, Victims and Culture: Youth Justice in New Zealand. Maxwell, G. and A. Morris (1993) Summary
Proceed with Caution: An evaluation of the Thames Valley Police initiative in restorative cautioning. Hoyle, C., R. Young and R. Hill (2002) Summary
Recidivism Patterns in the Canberra Reintegrative Shaming Experiments (RISE) Sherman, L., H. Strang and D. Woods (2000) Summary
Reducing Juvenile Crime: Conferencing versus Court. New South Wales. Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Luke, G. and B. Lind (2002) Summary
Restorative Policing Experiment: The Bethlehem Pennsylvania Police Family Group Conferencing Project McCold, P. and B. Wachtel (1998) Summary
Restoring school communities: A report on the Colorado Restorative Justice in Schools Program. Ierley, A. and C. Ivkor (2003) Summary
Returning Justice to the Community : The Indianapolis Juvenile Restorative Justice Experiment McGarrell, E., K Olivares, K. Crawford and N. Kroorand (2000) Summary
Rise Working Papers: A Series of Reports on Research in Progress on the Reintegrative Shaming Experiments (RISE) for Restorative Community Policing. Sherman, L., H. Strang, and G. Barnes. (1997) Summary
State Centered and Community Centered social control in police sponsored family group conferencing. Pietsch, E. B. (1999) Summary
The Implementation of Group Conferencing in Juvenile Justice in Victoria. Griffiths, M. (1999) Summary
The Woodbury Police Department Restorative Justice Program Recidivism Study. Woodbury, MN: Hines, D. (2000) Summary
Youth Justice Conferencing and Re-offending. Hayes, H. and K. Daly (2003) Summary
Circles
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Hollow Water's Community Holistic Circle Healing Process Couture, J., T. Parker, R. Couture, and P. Laboucane (2001). Summary
Evaluation of Community Holistic Circle Healing. Hollow Water First Nation. Volume 1: Final Report. Lajeunesse, T. & Associates Ltd. (1996) Summary
Guide to Community-based Alternative for Low Risk Juvenile Offenders. Matthews, S. and G. Larkin (1999) Summary
OTHER
Restorative Justice: An Evaluation of the Restorative Resolutions Project. Bonta, J., S. Wallace-Capretta, and J. Rooney (1998) Summary
Justice is in the Design: Creating a Restorative Justice Treatment Model for Domestic Violence. Grauwiler P., N. Pezold, and L.G. Mills (2006) Summary