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Criminal Punishment and Restorative Justice : Past, Present, and Future Perspectives by DAVID CORNWELL, David J. Cornwell, F. W. M. Mcelrea, John R. Blad, Robert B. Cormier is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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If the voice of restorative justice is to resonate more widely RJ must demonstrate that it will deliver better justice in a modern-day context. This book sets out to establish the credentials of RJ for this - as a force for change at criminological, penal and everyday, practical levels. The book provides a refreshing analysis of the inherent divide between punitive and restorative approaches to questions of criminal justice. Looks at matters that serve to restrict more active and enthusiastic adoption of principles of restorative justice so that RJ tends to be constrained to a secondary role on the margins of criminal justice development. It examines claims to mainstream consideration against the backdrop of traditional justifications for punishment - and, in an era when increasing use of custodial and other punitive methods is a growing worldwide, questions communities would not be far better served by a more emphatic and early shift in favour of restorative methods. The book provides an international perspective re the potential of restorative justice to deliver an altogether more enlightened approach towards dealing with offenders and victims. It argues that the use of custody c

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
DAVID CORNWELL, David J. Cornwell, F. W. M. Mcelrea, John R. Blad, Robert B. Cormier
Publisher
WATERSIDE PR; Waterside Press; North American distributor, International Specialised Book Services
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9781906534103
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Philosophy, Science, Anthropology

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