Chief Patrice Andrews: ‘RJ is not a political movement – it’s about how can we heal our society’

21st July 2022Christine Townsend, Policing Insight

Restorative justice (RJ) has been long been recognised as a potentially effective alternative to traditional criminal justice processes in many countries, but adoption of the approach has been much slower in the US; one keen advocate is Durham PD Chief Patrice Andrews, who spoke to Policing Insight’s Christine Townsend about the benefits of RJ, its role in reducing crime, and the support among officers for this and other diversionary tools.

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