Restorative justice conferencing for reducing recidivism in young offenders (aged 7 to 21)

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Volumn 2013, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Livingstone, Nuala ^a   Macdonald, Geraldine ^a   Carr, Nicola ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; JUSTICE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECIDIVISM; RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCING; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL BIAS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; JURISPRUDENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875492626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008898.pub2     Document Type: Review

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