Restorative Justice, Youth Violence, and Policing: A Review of the Evidence

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

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Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Author Response

We would like to thank you for your review of this paper and your suggestions on how to improve the work. We have adapted the work in light of these suggestions, highlighting new or changed portions in track text. We hope these have addressed your comments. As a summary of this we have:

• Reorganised, rewritten and added to parts of the introduction to make more specific both the context of the study and its contribution to the field. As part of this, we have revised section 1.2 the be ‘Policing, young people, violence, and restorative justice’ and added a new section 1.3 ‘context for the study’. We have included the references suggested, as well as some others (see end of this response)
• Added new material to the conclusion, in line with the changes to the introduction, to reflect the focus and contribution of the work.
• Given the work a thorough proofread, correcting grammatical and structural errors, and improving readability.
• Included the following new references

All Party Parliamentary Group for Restorative justice (2021) Restorative Justice APPG Inquiry into Restorative Practices in 2021/2022: Report on the Inquiry into Restorative Practices in 2021/2022. Other. All Party Parliamentary Group on Restorative Practices, London.

British Youth Council, Youth Select Committee (2019) Our Generation's Epidemic: Knife Crime.  Avilaable: https://www.byc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Youth-Select-Committee -Our-Generations-Epedemic-Knife-Crime.pdf

Banwell-Moore, R. (2022) ‘Just an ‘optional extra’ in the ‘victim toolkit’?: The culture, mechanisms and approaches of criminal justice organisations delivering restorative justice in England and Wales’, International Review of Victimology.

Clamp, K. and O’Mahony, D., 2019. Restorative policing provision across England and Wales in 2018. University of Nottingham. Retrieved October, 10, p.2019

Hoyle, C. and Rosenblatt, F.F (2016) Looking back to the future: Threats to the success of restorative justice in the United Kingdom. Victims & Offenders, 11(1), pp.30-49.

Marder, I., D. (2020). Institutionalising restorative justice in the police: key findings from a study of two English police forces. Contemporary Justice Review, 23(4), 500-526).

McAra L and McVie S (2010) Youth crime and justice: Key messages from the Edinburgh study of youth transitions and crime. Criminology and Criminal Justice 10(2): 179–209.

Payne, B., Hobson, J. and Lynch, K., 2021. ‘We just want to be treated with respect!’: Using restorative approaches and the dramatic arts to build positive relationships between the police and young people. Youth justice, 21(3), pp.255-274.

Rosenblatt, F. (2014) Community involvement in restorative justice: Lessons from an English and Welsh case study on youth offender panels. Restorative Justice: An International Journal, 2(3), pp. 280-301.

Shapland, J., Crawford, A., Gray, E. and Burn, D. (2017) Restorative justice at the level of the police in England: implementing change. Occasional Paper, 8.

Reviewer 2 Report

Congratulations! I am happy to be one of first readers, learning  on recent studies presented in the text

Reviewer 3 Report

This paper is incomplete. It contains many grammar and syntax errors, incomplete sentences and missing citations. It is evident that this has been written in a rush and has not been proof read.

I am not sure how the article amounts to a 'new frontier in restorative justice and restorative practice' as it is a review of existing research and practice? This link needs to be explained clearly, particularly if it is part of a special issue.

Author Response

Dear Reviewer,

We would like to thank you for your review of this paper and your suggestions on how to improve the work. We have adapted the work in light of these suggestions, highlighting new or changed portions in track text. We hope these have addressed your comments. As a summary of this we have:

• Reorganised, rewritten and added to parts of the introduction to make more specific both the context of the study and its contribution to the field. As part of this, we have revised section 1.2 the be ‘Policing, young people, violence, and restorative justice’ and added a new section 1.3 ‘context for the study’. In here, we clarify the relationship to the Met’s work as ongoing, and that this paper seeks to contribute to that discussion in the specific context of policing, RJ, and youth violence.
• Added new material to the conclusion to reflect the focus and contribution of the work, in line with the changes to the introduction.
• Given the work a thorough proofread, correcting grammatical and structural errors, and improving readability.
• Included the following additional references:

All Party Parliamentary Group for Restorative justice (2021) Restorative Justice APPG Inquiry into Restorative Practices in 2021/2022: Report on the Inquiry into Restorative Practices in 2021/2022. Other. All Party Parliamentary Group on Restorative Practices, London.

British Youth Council, Youth Select Committee (2019) Our Generation's Epidemic: Knife Crime.  Available: https://www.byc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Youth-Select-Committee -Our-Generations-Epedemic-Knife-Crime.pdf

Banwell-Moore, R. (2022) ‘Just an ‘optional extra’ in the ‘victim toolkit’?: The culture, mechanisms and approaches of criminal justice organisations delivering restorative justice in England and Wales’, International Review of Victimology.

Clamp, K. and O’Mahony, D., 2019. Restorative policing provision across England and Wales in 2018. University of Nottingham. Retrieved October, 10, p.2019

Hoyle, C. and Rosenblatt, F.F (2016) Looking back to the future: Threats to the success of restorative justice in the United Kingdom. Victims & Offenders, 11(1), pp.30-49.

Marder, I., D. (2020). Institutionalising restorative justice in the police: key findings from a study of two English police forces. Contemporary Justice Review, 23(4), 500-526).

McAra L and McVie S (2010) Youth crime and justice: Key messages from the Edinburgh study of youth transitions and crime. Criminology and Criminal Justice 10(2): 179–209.

Payne, B., Hobson, J. and Lynch, K., 2021. ‘We just want to be treated with respect!’: Using restorative approaches and the dramatic arts to build positive relationships between the police and young people. Youth justice, 21(3), pp.255-274.

Rosenblatt, F. (2014) Community involvement in restorative justice: Lessons from an English and Welsh case study on youth offender panels. Restorative Justice: An International Journal, 2(3), pp. 280-301.

Shapland, J., Crawford, A., Gray, E. and Burn, D. (2017) Restorative justice at the level of the police in England: implementing change. Occasional Paper, 8.

Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

This paper is now much improved, and I thank the authors for their very helpful response to my original comments. The context of the research is now much clearer, and there is a much more robust level of engagement with the wider literature. This should be a very valuable addition to the field, and I am happy to recommend publication without any further revisions.