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NCJ 198130
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| Title:
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Development of Restorative Justice (From Juvenile Offender-Victim Mediation, P 15-35, 1999, Beata
Czarnecka-Dzialuk and Dobrochna Wojcik, eds. -- See NCJ-198129)
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| Author(s):
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Martin Wright
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| Sale:
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Oficyna Naukowa
Warszawa, Poland |
| Publication Date:
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1999 |
| Pages:
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21 |
| Type:
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Issue overviews |
| Origin:
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Poland |
| Language:
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English |
| Annotation:
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This paper reviews the origins of restorative justice and the
development of its implementation in Europe, with attention to
the yoking of concerns for the victim and the offender in the
practice of offender-victim mediation. |
| Abstract:
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The author first describes the early development of the concept
of restorative justice in the form of victim-offender mediation
in Canada and the United States. This involves the resolution of
conflicts through face-to-face negotiation between victims and
offenders guided by mediators for the purpose of repairing the
harm done to the victim and helping the offender to modify
his or her criminal behavior. Examples are then provided of the
manifestations of restorative justice concepts in Europe in
countries that have done it without changing their law (England
and Wales), have modified their law to facilitate victim-offender
mediation (Germany and Spain), or have incorporated such
mediation into juvenile law (Austria). This paper then considers
the rebirth of restorative justice practices in countries that
are members of the British Old Commonwealth, i.e., New Zealand,
Australia, and Canada. The paper concludes with a summary of the
features of restorative justice, notably an emphasis on healing
for the victim and rehabilitation for the offender; some
partially restorative measures; ways of promoting restorative
justice; and conditions that should be met if restorative justice
is to fulfill its promise. 48 footnotes |
| Main Term(s):
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Victim-offender reconciliation |
| Index Term(s):
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Mediation ; Foreign criminal justice systems ; England ; Canada ; New Zealand ; Germany ; Australia ; Spain ; Wales ; United States of America ; Restorative Justice |
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