Accountability in Restorative Justice

By Declan Roche

Book Overview

Many countries have recently established restorative justice programmes, in which those affected by a crime attend meetings in the hope of achieving the ideals of reparation, reconciliation and reintegration. To answer concerns that these meetings may degenerate into 'kangaroo courts' in which participants bully and humiliate each other, this book draws upon extensive fieldwork to explore the nature, function and effectiveness of the accountability within this kind of informal justice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199274274
• ISBN13: 9780199274277
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"