UK Study Shows Majority of Crime Victims Reject Idea of Prison and Favor Restorative Justice Meetings Between Victims and Offenders (January 31, 2006)
The survey shows that nearly two-thirds of a random sample of 991 adult victims of crime believe that prison sentences don't prevent reoffending. More than half favor face-to-face meetings between victims and offenders, so victims can relate the impact of the crime and offenders can take responsibility and make amends.

Click here to read a press release on the survey from Victim Support, co-sponsor of the survey.
Click here to read coverage of the survey in the UK newspaper The Guardian.
Click here to see survey results, from ICM Research.