Objectives

This study examines the effects of a restorative justice programme in the Netherlands on educational outcomes and repeated delinquent behaviour of young people who have committed a criminal offence.

Methods

We use data from a field experiment, in which the participants are randomly assigned to a restorative justice programme. We link the data from the field experiment to longitudinal administrative data on education and criminal records and correct for selective attrition by implementing an instrumental variable approach.

Results

The results show that participation in the restorative justice programme increases the probability of recidivism one year after the programme by 39.3 percent from a base rate of 17.1 percent and decreases tertiary educational attainment by 29.1 percent from a base rate of 30.9 percent.

Conclusions

Altogether, the results of this study suggest that despite the design backed by criminological and sociological theory, a restorative punishment from the Halt programme does not succeed in reducing criminal involvement and improving the educational outcomes.

中文翻译：

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恢复性司法计划 (Halt) 对青少年教育成果和累犯的影响

目标

本研究探讨了荷兰的恢复性司法计划对犯有刑事罪行的年轻人的教育成果和反复违法行为的影响。

方法

我们使用来自现场实验的数据，其中参与者被随机分配到恢复性司法计划中。我们将实地实验的数据与教育和犯罪记录的纵向行政数据联系起来，并通过实施工具变量方法来纠正选择性减员。

结果

结果表明，参与恢复性司法计划一年后累犯的概率从 17.1% 的基本比率增加了 39.3%，并且高等教育受教育程度从 30.9% 的基本比率降低了 29.1%。

结论

总而言之，这项研究的结果表明，尽管设计得到犯罪学和社会学理论的支持，但暂停计划的恢复性惩罚并不能成功地减少犯罪参与和改善教育成果。