From Retributive to Restorative: An Alternative Approach to Justice in SchoolsIndian Rupee

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Adukia, Anjali; Feigenberg, Benjamin; Momeni, Fatemeh
• 署名单位: University of Chicago; National Bureau of Economic Research; IZA Institute Labor Economics; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital; University of Chicago
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-8282
• DOI: 10.1257/aer.20230971
• 发表日期: 2025
• 页码: 2722-2754
• 关键词: impacts

摘要

School districts historically approached conflict resolution from the perspective that suspending disruptive students was necessary to protect their classmates, even if this caused harm to perceived offenders. Restorative practices (RP)-focusing on reparation, accountability, and shared ownership of disciplinary justice-are designed to address undesirable behavior without harming students. We study Chicago Public Schools' adoption of RP and find that suspensions and arrests decreased, driven by effects for Black students. We find null effects on test score value added, ruling out meaningful average declines. We estimate a 15 percent decrease in out-of-school arrests, consistent with RP substantively changing student behavior.