Results of a follow-up study on the effects of a restorative environment on young offenders have replicated the positive conclusions of the original study,
"Evaluation of a Restorative Milieu: CSF Buxmont School Day Treatment Programs 1999-2001."
The original study showed that Community Service Foundation/Buxmont Academy (CSF Buxmont) programs, which operate as restorative milieus, produced positive results with youth in three performance measures. The restorative environment produced decreased offending rates following discharge, increased program completion rates and improved youth attitudes.
To read the original study, please go to:
http://www.realjustice.org/library/erm.html
The follow-up research found that even two years after discharge from the program, the restorative environment still had a significant effect in reducing offending among those young people in the original study.
Additionally, the results of the original study were replicated by a second study with a new group of 858 adjudicated and at-risk youth discharged during the 2001-2003 school years.
Dr. Paul McCold, director of research for the International Institute for Restorative Practices, presented a paper detailing the new findings at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A., in November 2004.
To read the new study, please go to:
http://www.realjustice.org/library/erm2.html
To download a PDF version of the new study, please go to:
http://fp.enter.net/restorativepractices/erm2.pdf
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