An approach to justice that emphasizes repairing the harm a crime caused, typically through structured dialogue among the offender, the victim and the community, as an alternative or complement to purely punitive responses.
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Restorative justice, which centers the victim in resolving an offense, draws directly on victimology's account of the victim-offender relationship.
Source Wikipedia: Victimology
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Howard Zehr, often called the grandfather of restorative justice, wrote Changing Lenses (1990), the field's foundational text.
Source Wikipedia: John Braithwaite
Source Wikipedia: Nils Christie
Sources
1. Siegel, Criminology: The Core
Larry J. Siegel, Cengage Learning
Wikipedia: Victimology
Wikipedia: John Braithwaite
Wikipedia: Nils Christie
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