From Retributive to Restorative: An Alternative Approach to Justice / Anjali Adukia, Benjamin Feigenberg, Fatemeh Momeni.

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Adukia, Anjali [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
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Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2023.
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1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

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  • Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w31675. [More in this series]
  • NBER working paper series no. w31675
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School districts historically approached conflict-resolution from a zero-sum perspective: suspend students seen as disruptive and potentially harm them, or avoid suspensions and harm their classmates. Restorative practices (RP) -- focused on reparation and shared ownership of disciplinary justice -- are designed to avoid this trade-off by addressing undesirable behavior without imparting harm. This study examines Chicago Public Schools' adoption of RP. We identify decreased suspensions, improved school climate, and find no evidence of increased classroom disruption. We estimate a 19% decrease in arrests, including for violent offenses, with reduced arrests outside of school, providing evidence that RP substantively changed behavior.
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September 2023.
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