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Restorative Justice Conferences Reduce Trauma from Crime, Study Shows

Editor, Terry
June 4, 2015

Source: (2007) Restorative Justice Newsletter, Department of Corrective Services, New South Wales Government.

Dr. Caroline M. Angel conducted a study showing the psychological effects of restorative justice conferencing on post traumatic stress symptoms and found that conferencing significantly reduced those symptoms.

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