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Title: Restorative justice


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Restorative justice
  • In search for clarity

2
Definition of restorative justice
  • RJ as an option for doing justice
  • After the occurrence of an offence
  • Primarily oriented towards repairing
  • Individual
  • Relational
  • And social harm
  • Best accomplished through communication processes

3
Seperate from other deliberative practices
because.
  • Different matters, context, actors, purposes
  • Social interests are treatened in criminalizable
    matters
  • Extended concept loses meaning
  • Importance of clarity, also for research

4
Similarities RJ - RP
  • Based on similar (sometimes identical) values
    (underlying philosophy)
  • Participatory approach in democratic society

5
Differences RJ - RP
  • RJ relates to criminal justice
  • Implies coercion (at least in a maximalist view)
  • Public dimension of crime effect on
    community/society
  • Crime victim and offender (as starting-point)
  • Crime can motivate citizens to take
    responsibility (Braithwaite, 2003)

6
RP RJ continuum (1)
  • Differences do not mean exclusion of RP in RJ
    context
  • RP RJ continuum RP as prevention?
  • Cooperation is needed participatory approach and
    search for conflict resolution in non-punitive
    way is crucial in democracy

7
RP RJ continuum (2)
  • But, risks prevail
  • All becomes blurred
  • Cooptation of civil society to widen the net of
    social control (cf. discussion of RP as
    prevention)

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Conclusion
  • RJ as specific concept crime justice in a
    strict sense
  • RP RJ continuum and thus search for cooperation
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