Restorative justice: A new paradigm?

This paper examines the merits or otherwise of restorative justice within criminal justice systems. The overpopulation of prisons remains a major global issue along with increasing rates of recidivism. In stark contrast to the punitive aims of traditional retributive justice systems that enforce a r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Monterosso, Stephen
Format: Working Paper
Published: School of Business Law, Curtin University of Technology 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/8468