Models versus Mechanisms: The Need to Crack the Black Box of Restorative Justice by Jennifer Lanterman University of Nevada – who argues that despite the proliferation of restorative justice (RJ) across the world, there are extensive gaps in our knowledge on how RJ works.

Restorative justice and the state. Untimely objections against the institutionalisation of restorative justice by Giuseppe Maglione, Edinburgh Napier University, offers a thought-provoking piece, using a comparative analysis of restorative justice (RJ) policy in England and Wales, Norway and France,

Additionally, the journal is continuing its series of blogs and articles reflecting practice and policy challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic with a new blog by Victoria Worrall, Northumbria University: How do you peddle drugs in a pandemic? Use the kids of course!

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