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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This dissertation could not have been completed without the support <strong>of</strong> so many
wonderful people along the way. I am extremely thankful to:
First and foremost, Jerry Lee. I am so grateful that you gave me the opportunity
to study at Penn, and your contribution to the field <strong>of</strong> criminology is an inspiration.
My committee, John MacDonald, Larry Sherman, and Paul Allison. Your ideas,
comments, advice, and teaching really have made this work the best it could be.
Everyone who has worked so hard on the probation experiments, especially Ge<strong>of</strong>f
Barnes, Suzanne McMurphy, Jordan Hyatt, Richard Berk, Ellen Kurtz, Lindsay Ahlman,
Kevin Reynolds, Janet McHale, and Bob Malvestuto.
My dear friends and colleagues from the UK restorative justice experiments,
especially Sarah Bennett, Dorothy Newbury-Birch, Heather Strang, Caroline Angel,
Nova Inkpen, Brian Dowling, Helen Orros, Kim Smith, and Taryn G<strong>of</strong>f, for teaching me
about research, policing, the real world, not leaving my valuables on display, and what to
do when you get chased by the K-9 unit, and encouraging me to follow what I was good
at. Turns out I won’t be taking that job at Tesco after all.
All the members <strong>of</strong> the Campbell Crime and Justice Group steering committee,
who have always taken a warm and genuine interest in my progress despite all those
nagging emails I send them. Special thanks go to David Weisburd, to whom I am
incredibly grateful for recognizing my potential, and Dave Wilson, who despite having
literally a million other things to do has answered enough <strong>of</strong> my stupid questions to
qualify as a fourth committee member.
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