Evaluation Reports

The following evaluation reports focusing on the effectiveness of restorative justice programs are available online.

• Garth, Luke and Bronwyn Lind. 2002. Reducing Juvenile Crime: Conferencing versus Court. New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Australia.
• Carolyn Hoyle, Richard Young and Roderick Hill. 2002. Proceed With Caution: An Evaluation of the Thames Valley Police Initiative in Restorative Cautioning. England:YPS.
• McCold, Paul and Benjamin Wachtel. 1998. Restorative Policing Experiment: The Bethlehem Pennsylvania Police Family Group Conferencing Project. Pipersville, PA: Community Service Foundation.
• The Indianapolis Restorative Justice Experiment.
• Sherman, Lawrence W., Heather Strang, and Daniel J. Woods. 2000. Recidivism Patterns in the Canberra Reintegrative Shaming Experiments (RISE). Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Centre for Restorative Justice.
• Strang, Heather, Geoffrey C. Barnes, John Braithwaite, and Lawrence W. Sherman. 1999. Experiments in Restorative Policing: A Progress Report on the Canberra Reintegrative Shaming Experiments (RISE). Canberra, Australia: Australian National University.
• Trimboli,Lily. 2000. An Evaluation of the New South Wales Youth Justice Conferencing Scheme. Sydney, Australia: New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research.

Recommended Books

The following recommended books provide more information on restorative justice.

• Bazemore, S.G., Schiff, M., & Bazemore, G. (Eds.) (2001). Restorative Community Justice: Repairing Harm and Transforming Communities. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Co.
• Bazemore, G. & Walgrave, L. (Eds.). (1999). Restorative Juvenile Justice: An Exploration of the Restorative Justice Paradigm for Reforming Juvenile Justice. Monsey, NY: Criminal Justice Press.
• Braithwaite, J. (2002). Restorative Justice and Responsive Regulation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Braithwaite, J. (1989). Crime, Shame, and Reintegration. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
• Clear, T.R. & Karp, D.R. (1999). The Community Justice Ideal. Boulder, CO: Westview Publishers.
• Karp, D.R. (Ed.). (1998). Community Justice: An Emerging Field. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Press.
• Karp, D.R. & T.R. Clear (Eds.). (2002). What is Community Justice? Case Studies of Restorative Justice and Community Supervision. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
• Van Ness, D. & Heetderks Strong, K. (1997). Restoring Justice. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson Publishing Co.
• Zehr, Howard. 1990. Change Lenses. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press.