Restorative justice seeks to balance the needs of the victim, offender, and community by repairing the harm caused by crime and wrongdoing and improving the prosocial competencies and accountability of the offender in response to an offense. Restorative justice interventions (RJIs) offer an alternative method to reduce harm and short- and long-term recidivism. However, empirical validation of mechanisms and moderating factors warrant additional inquiry within jail and prison settings. Thus, the authors sought to examine RJI delivery timing on recidivism outcomes with age and gender as moderators. A final sample of 1,316 individuals (49.8% female) incarcerated in several United States prisons received an RJI between 2001 and 2017. RJI timing did not relate to binary recidivism. However, women recidivated less than men and older individual recidivated less than younger individuals. For the subsample of reoffenders (n = 283), RJIs delivered closer to release increased the amount of time before recidivism. Delivering RJIs closer to release from prison may allow for other community programs to intervene and reduce recidivism even further.

恢复性司法旨在通过修复犯罪和不法行为造成的伤害以及提高犯罪者应对犯罪行为的亲社会能力和责任来平衡受害者、犯罪者和社区的需求。恢复性司法干预（RJI）提供了一种减少伤害和短期和长期累犯的替代方法。然而，机制和调节因素的实证验证值得在监狱和监狱环境中进行更多调查。因此，作者试图以年龄和性别作为调节因素，研究 RJI 实施时间对累犯结果的影响。2001 年至 2017 年间，美国几所监狱中被监禁的 1,316 人（49.8% 为女性）的最终样本接受了 RJI。RJI 时间与二元累犯无关。然而，女性的再犯率低于男性，老年人的再犯率低于年轻人。对于再犯罪者的子样本（n  = 283），在接近释放时交付的 RJI 增加了累犯之前的时间。在临近出狱时提供 RJI 可能会允许其他社区项目进行干预并进一步减少累犯。