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McCold, Paul and Stahr, J. (1995). Bethlehem Police Family Group Conferencing Project Paper presented at the American Society of Criminology Conference, Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 20-23, 1996, 26p.

This paper reports on an ongoing experimental research program to evaluate the implementation, operation and effects of police-based Family Group Conferences(FGCs) on participants and the police in a mid-sized American city. Both violent and property offending juveniles are being randomly assigned to conferencing or traditional court referral. Early results demonstrate a 97% victim and 94% offender satisfaction ratings of the FGCs. Research protocol and program description is provided. Finally, critical questions are raised which this project will help to address.

Link: iirp.org/library/bethlehem.html

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