Experts argue most school RJ implementation is weak and funding should first strengthen implementation before funding research¶

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q1 i? Experts held that because most RJ implementation is weak, funding should focus on stronger implementation before research. → Hurley 2015

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Hurley 2015¶

Hurley, N., Guckenburg, S., Persson, H., Fronius, T., & Petrosino, A. (2015). What Further Research is Needed on Restorative Justice in Schools? WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED559727

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Expert-opinion finding from the interview and focus-group study; the article reports this as one of three chief reservations experts expressed about RJ research, quoting their view that "funding should first be focused on stronger implementation and then on research."

"Because m ost implementation of RJ is “weak ,” funding should first be focused on stronger implementation and then on research."

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