Looking Back to the Future: Threats to the Success of Restorative Justice in the United Kingdom |
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Authors: | Carolyn Hoyle Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt |
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Affiliation: | 1. Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UKcarolyn.hoyle@crim.ox.ac.uk;3. Centro de Ciências Jurídicas, Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil |
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Abstract: | AbstractRecent years have witnessed an entrenchment of restorative justice principles and practices in the youth and adult criminal justice systems of the United Kingdom. This research presents a comparative analysis of the findings of two empirical studies—one of a police restorative cautioning scheme conducted 15 years ago, and the second a contemporary study of youth offender panels. In this research, we argue that restorative justice practices in the United Kingdom are repeating history, rather than learning from it. Specifically, we argue that if restorative justice programs continue to proliferate with the same shortcomings—most notably, inadequate victim involvement, failure to provide a genuine role for the community, and targeting only relatively low-level crime—the future for restorative justice in the United Kingdom is likely to be bleak. |
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Keywords: | juvenile offenders restorative justice victim participation victims |
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