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Victims and Restorative Justice

Pocket
Engelsk
Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
Victims and Restorative Justice
Victims and Restorative Justice
  • Format: Pocket
  • Antall sider: 278
  • Språk: Engelsk
  • Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
  • Serienavn: Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
  • EAN: 9781138065826
  • Utgivelsesår: 2017
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Restorative justice aims to address the consequences of crime by encouraging victims and offenders to communicate and discuss the harm caused by the crime that has been committed. In the majority of cases, restorative justice is facilitated by direct and indirect dialogue between victims and offenders, but it also includes support networks and sometimes involves professionals such as police, lawyers, social workers or prosecutors and judges.

In theory, the victim is a core participant in restorative justice and the restoration of the harm is a first concern. In practice, questions arise as to whether the victim is actively involved in the process, what restoration may entail, whether there is a risk of secondary victimisation and whether the victim is truly at the heart of the restorative response, or whether the offender remains the focal point of attention.

Using a combination of victimological literature and empirical data from a European research project, t