Can Restorative Justice Provide a Better Outcome for Participants and Society than the Courts?

Liam J. Leonard
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Liam J. Leonard: Department of Criminology, Winchester University, Winchester SO22 4NR, UK

Laws, 2022, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: This article will examine understandings that underpin restorative justice outcomes for participants in order to propose that restorative justice conferences may provide better outcomes for participants than the formal courts of the criminal justice system. The analysis will attempt to shed light on the benefits of the restorative justice conferencing process. These benefits will be shown to include positive individual and community outcomes, which ‘restore’ participants in a manner which may be closer to concepts of ‘justice’ than the formal court process.

Keywords: restorative; justice; courts; conference; system; victims (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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