Restorative Justice: Introduction to Contemporary Approaches and Research on Effectiveness

Restorative justice is based on the premise that crime is a violation of people and relationships and therefore it is important to repair the harm caused by a criminal act. Using a variety of different approaches that offer an addition, or in some cases an alternative to traditional justice system processing, restorative justice brings the offender, victim and often others together so that the offender understands and acknowledges their criminal behavior was harmful to others and takes action to repair that harm to the fullest extent possible. This webinar will present an overview of the different restorative justice applications being used in the field along with an introduction to research on restorative justice effectiveness.

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Presenter: Bailey Maryfield, M.S. has been a Research Associate at JRSA since October 2016. She received her M.S. in Criminal Justice/Public Safety from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Ms. Maryfield has a strong background in the collection, cleaning, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative criminal justice and victim services data. She has strong instrument development and interview skills and has experience composing data into written reports for dissemination to researchers and practitioners. Ms. Maryfield also possess strong project management skills and currently oversees two projects at JRSA: A subaward from the International Association of Chiefs of Police to learn more about how victim services are structured in law enforcement agencies by conducting a national survey and in-depth case studies, and also facilitating a mini-grant program for grantees; and a subaward from RTI International that aims to develop a Victim Outcome and Satisfaction Survey (VOSS) instrument that can be completed by victim service provider clients to measure outcomes, the quality and utility of referrals provided, and satisfaction with the quality of services provided. She also works with the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)-funded Center for Victim Research, where she oversees the funded partnerships of Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Administrators and state Statistical Analysis Centers aimed at improving victim services. She also collaborates with OVC on efforts to improve the quality and utility of data in the Performance Measurement Tool for VOCA Administrators. Other current work includes assisting with a project funded by the National Institute of Justice examining indicators of human trafficking in online escort ads and a project funded by the Office on Violence Against Women to develop and pilot test a set of indicators for gauging success in the law enforcement response to domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Related: The Impact of Restorative Justice: Annotated Bibliography