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Sherman, Lawrence W and Strang, Heather (1996). Restorative Justice and Deterring Crime. Reintegrative Shaming Experiments (RISE), Australian National University, Canberra. RISE Working Papers: Paper No. 4.

The authors contend that experiments in reintegrative shaming by the Canberra police (Australia) indicate that offenders are more deterred from repeat offending after experiencing the restorative justice approach of diversionary conferencing than after court proceedings. These preliminary findings of the Canberra police conferencing program are especially important because some critics have called shaming conferences a "soft option."

Link: www.aic.gov.au/rjustice/rise/working/risepap4.html

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