Responsibilities, Rights and Restorative Justice

Restorative justice is much advocated as a new and fruitful response to offending. This article argues for further debate about the proper division of functions between state, victims, offenders and ‘communities’, and for greater emphasis upon procedural safeguards and substantive limits in the purs...

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Published in:British journal of criminology 2002-07, Vol.42 (3), p.578-595
Main Author: Ashworth, Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communities
Community
Community Involvement
Corrective justice
Crime
Crime victims
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Criminal law
Criminal sentencing
Criminals
CRIMINOLOGY
Government Policy
Justice
Offenders
Penal Reform
Responsibility
Restitution (Corrections)
Restorative justice
Rights
State
State Role
Victim compensation
Victim Offender Relations
Victim rights
Victims
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Summary:Restorative justice is much advocated as a new and fruitful response to offending. This article argues for further debate about the proper division of functions between state, victims, offenders and ‘communities’, and for greater emphasis upon procedural safeguards and substantive limits in the pursuit of the apparently beneficent goals of restorative justice.
ISSN:0007-0955
1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/42.3.578