Tag Archive: victims

Research shows modest advantages for restorative justice

March 21, 2025 | Blog

Post #262 660 words; 3 minutes to read By student volunteer Fiza Rehman. Summary: A meta-analysis of 27 studies on restorative justice shows greater victim and offender satisfaction, and small improvements in recidivism, but the overall body of evidence...

Do Victim Impact Statements contribute to justice?

March 11, 2023 | Blog

Post #212 950 words; 4 minutes to read. Audio summary by volunteer Gilliam Sherman. Summary: Work by US scholar Susan Bandes raises important issues about the place of victim impact statements in criminal justice. Victim impact statements (VIS) have become...