Long-term impact of family group conferences on re-offending: The Indianapolis restorative justice experiment

Journal of Experimental Criminology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 369-385

  Jeong, Seokjin ^a   McGarrell, Edmund F ^b   Hipple, Natalie Kroovand ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Family group conference; Indianapolis experiment; Long term impact; Re offending; Restorative justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871218376     PISSN: 15733750     EISSN: 15728315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11292-012-9158-8     Document Type: Article

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