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RESTORE: Restorative Justice for Sexual Violence

RESTORE: Restorative Justice for Sexual Violence. Sisco, M., Koss, M.P., Bachar, K.J., & Carlson, C. (2004, March 4). Project Affiliates.

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RESTORE: Restorative Justice for Sexual Violence

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  1. RESTORE: Restorative Justice for Sexual Violence Sisco, M., Koss, M.P., Bachar, K.J., & Carlson, C. (2004, March 4) RESTORE

  2. Project Affiliates • Collaborators: Southern Arizona Center Against Sexual Assault, the Pima County Attorney’s Office, the University of Arizona College of Public Health, and Washington and Lee School of Law • Funding Agent: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (R49CCR921 709-01) RESTORE

  3. Project Goals • Allowing victim-focused intervention • Creating offender accountability • Correcting problems in the traditional response to sex offenses • Preventing further violence RESTORE

  4. Restorative Justice • Restorative Justice Interventions focus on repairing the harm caused by crime. This harm impacts the victim and the community. -Existing applications: Community Courts, Sentencing Councils, Restitution Programs, Victim Impact Classes, Community Service. Fairness: 97% conferenced / 79% traditional (McCold & Wachtel,1998) Satisfaction: 90% conferenced/ 68% traditional (McGarrel, 2000) RESTORE

  5. THE RESTORE PROCESSAIM OF RESTORE RESTORE

  6. RESTORE Eligibility • Both persons must: • Be fully competent • Consent to participate • Responsible person MUST ACKNOWLEDGE FULL RESPONSIBILITY. • Responsible person must not have: • been convicted of a felony within statute of limitations mandated by the state (AZ Statute 13-107) • committed interpersonal violence; past or present • used weapons or severe violence in current case • drugged the victim RESTORE

  7. RESTORE: Overview • Referral • Preparation • Conferencing • Supervision • Community Accountability • Outcome RESTORE

  8. Consent & Preparation Conference Supervision Time Line 1-3 months 1 day 12 months RESTORE

  9. Traditional justice problems 1. Low rates of reporting: A recent study found only 2.1% of rapes reported to the police (Fisher et. al, 2003) 2. Low conviction rate for rape: 9.6% in 2000 in Pima County (Pima Co. Interagency council, 2001) 3. High rates of recidivism: 39% of rapists reoffended in 25 year period (Prentky et al., 1997) 4. Adversarial process perceived negatively by the victims with low moral satisfaction (Koss et al., in press) RESTORE

  10. RESTORE vs. Traditional RESTORE

  11. Research Aims Aim 1- Theory-driven program evaluation of RESTORE and develop a logic model Aim 2- RESTORE’s impact on system case processing and recidivisim rate Aim 3- Outcome evaluation on sexual violence perpetration RESTORE

  12. Responsibility and Equity for Sexual Transgressions Offering a Restorative Experience FOR MORE INFO... Call (520) 626-9511 or view http://restoreprogram.publichealth.arizona.edu/ RESTORE

  13. Related Documents • Bazemore, G. Principles of Restorative Justice. Presentation: July 25, 2001. • Fisher, B. S., Daigle, L. E., Cullen, F. T., & Turner, M. G. (2003). Reporting sexual victimization to the police and others: Results from a national-level study of college women. Criminal Justice & Behavior, 30 (1), 6-38. • Frazier, P.A., & Haney, B. (1996). Sexual assault cases in the legal system: Police, prosecutor, and victim perspectives. Law and Human Behavior, 20, 607-628. • Koss, M.P., Bachar, K.J., & Hopkins, C.Q. (2003). Restorative justice for sexual violence: Repairing victims, building community, and holding offenders accountable. Annals New York Academy of Sciences, 989, 384-306. RESTORE

  14. Related Documents (continued) • Koss, M.P., Bachar, K.J., Hopkins, C.Q., Carlson, C. (2004) Expanding a Community’s Justice Response to Sex Crimes through Advocacy, Prosecutorial, and Public Health Collaboration: Introducing the RESTORE program . (in press). • Koss, M.P., Bachar, K.J., Hopkins, C.Q., Carlson, C. (2004) Justice responses to sexual assault: Lessons learned and new directions. Journal of Interpersonal Violence (in press). • McCahill, T.W., Meyer, L.C., & Fischman, A.M. (1979). The aftermath of rape. Lexington, MA: D.C. Health. • McCold, P., & Wachtel, B. (1998). Restorative policing experiment: The Bethlehem Pennsylvania Police Family Group Conferencing Project. Pipersville, PA: Community Service Foundation. • McGarrell, E.F. (2001). Restorative justice conference as an early response to young offenders (NCJ 187769). Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S., Department of Justice. RESTORE

  15. Related Documents (continued) • McCold, P., & Wachtel, T. (2002). Restorative justice theory validation. In E. G. M. Weitekamp & H. J. Kerner (Eds.) Restorative justice: theoretical foundations (pp. 110-142). Devon, UK: Willan Publishing. • Pima County Interagency Council. (2001). Report Compiled by Pima County Attorney’s Office for PCIC. Tucson, AZ. • Prentky, R.A., Lee, A.F., Knight, R.A., & Cerce, D. (1997). Recidivism rates among child molesters and rapists: a methodological analysis. Law and Human Behavior,21, 635-659. RESTORE

  16. Related Documents (continued) • Tjaden, P. & Thoennes, N. (1998). Prevalence, incidence, and consequences of violence against women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey (National Institute of Justice Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Research in Brief, Report • Umbreit, M. S., Coates, R. B., & Kalanj, B. (1994). Victim meets offender: The impact of restorative justice and mediation. Monsey, NY: Willow Tree Press, Inc. RESTORE

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