Submitted by Ulrika S. O'brien
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Katherine Beckett and co-authors responded to critics of restorative justice in the May 17 Seattle Times, citing evidence from multiple sources that a restorative justice response to crime produces greater victim satisfaction with the process and with the outcome, than do approaches that depend only on prison and punishment. Read the full piece at the Times site:
https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/restorative-justice-works-for-perpetrators-and-victims/