Restorative Justice, Youth Violence, and Policing: A Review of the Evidence

Jonathan Hobson (), Anamika Twyman-Ghoshal, Rebecca Banwell-Moore and Daniel P Ash
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Jonathan Hobson: School of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham GL50 2RH, UK
Anamika Twyman-Ghoshal: School of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham GL50 2RH, UK
Rebecca Banwell-Moore: School of Sociology and social Policy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
Daniel P Ash: School of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham GL50 2RH, UK

Laws, 2022, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-20

Abstract: Restorative justice seeks to bring those that have created harm together with those that have been harmed, and often stands in contrast to retributive and punitive approaches to justice that centre the state in the responses to crime and harm. Restorative justice approaches are becoming increasingly integrated into parts of the criminal justice system, and this paper examines the evidence for such applications in the context of youth violence and policing. The evidence is built on work conducted for the Metropolitan Police Service, the UKs largest police force with over 30,000 officers serving 8 million people in and around London. It does this through a Rapid Evidence Assessment, which utilises the search and sifting principles of systematic reviews on a more limited basis, tailored to the needs of a specific audience, and conducted within a limited timescale. The results of the assessment are broken down into three areas: benefits, challenges, and deployment considerations. The studies identified through the assessment suggest that restorative justice and restorative practice can form an important part of an overall strategy to help reduce both incidents of youth violence as well as the longer-term impacts of that violence when it has taken place. We conclude that in the context of violence and young people, effective restorative justice police practice should embrace a whole-system approach that incorporates multi-agency working and consistently engages with young people at risk of becoming violent offenders or victims.

Keywords: restorative justice; policing; restorative practice; youth justice; youth violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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