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Examining Restorative Justice

Stevenson, Phillip
June 4, 2015

Source: (2001) Trends & Issues Update. 2(5): 1- 4.

This paper presents an overview of the restorative justice philosophy, which is emphasized in Illinois Juvenile Justice Reform Provisions of 1998 (Public Act 90-590), and describes the types of programs that are consistent with the philosophy. Abstract courtesy of National Criminal Justice Reference Service, www.ncjrs.org.

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