RT Article
T1 Finally “Changing Lenses”? State-Level Determinants of Restorative Justice Laws
JF The prison journal
VO 98
IS 5
SP 519
OP 543
A1 Sliva, Shannon M.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1742344127
AB This article presents a mixed methods study exploring a legislative trend toward the use of restorative justice practices in correctional settings. Results indicate that the percentage of Black residents in a state, the percentage of female legislators in a state legislature, and a state’s incarceration rates are predictive of more supportive restorative justice policy adoptions at the state level, while controlling for other explanations. The study weighs political and economic considerations in the adoption of policies with the potential to reduce overincarceration and suggests that at least some contemporary criminal justice police making is motivated by changing constructions of justice.
K1 Criminal justice police
K1 Incarceration
K1 Restorative Justice
K1 Social Construction
K1 Social Justice
DO 10.1177/0032885518793948