Criminal Punishment and Restorative Justice : Past, Present and Future Perspectives
by Cornwell, David J.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-02-15
Publisher(s): Waterside Pr
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Summary
Provides an international perspective as to the potential of restorative justice to * Deliver better ways of dealing with offenders and victims * Reduce the use of custody by challenging offenders to take responsibility for their offences and to make reparation for their wrong-doing * Consign to history the fallacies and false horizons of traditional thinking in favour of a principled, more purposeful use of sanctions Criminal Punishment and Restorative Justice pulls no punches in its criticism of traditional approaches and their failure to achieve crime prevention.
Table of Contents
| Crime and criminology : general considerations | p. 19 |
| The classical debate | p. 26 |
| Retribution and desert : vengeance or justice? | p. 41 |
| Deterrence : reality, illusion or deception? | p. 53 |
| Reform and rehabilitation : one proposition or two? | p. 66 |
| Penology for modern times : does restorative justice provide a synthesis of punishment theories? | p. 80 |
| Criminal punishment : is there an inclusive theory? | p. 97 |
| New horizons : international perspectives on restorative justice | p. 108 |
| Restorative justice : a New Zealand perspective | p. 119 |
| The seductiveness of punishment and the case for restorative justice : the Netherlands | p. 135 |
| Where there's a will there's a way : a Canadian perspective on restorative justice | p. 149 |
| Conclusions : where from here? | p. 163 |
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