Accountability in Restorative Justice
«... a major contribution to knowledge and debate about the prospects and problems of restorative justice. It is theoretically sophisticated and impeccably researched. It also has the merit of being a highly readable, empirically researched book. Roche never falls into the trap of overloading the reader with empirical observations and findings. The empirical material he does present is always put to good work, illustrating and supporting his claims and recommendations ... an outstanding study which advances significantly knowledge and the quality of debate about restorative justice.»
Legal Studies 09/09/2004
Many countries have established restorative justice programmes, in which those affected by a crime attend meetings in the hope of achieving the ideals of reparation, reconciliation and reintegration. This book draws upon extensive fieldwork to explore the nature, function and effectiveness of the accountability within this kind of informal justice. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780199259359
- Utgivelsesår
- 2003
- Format
- 23 x 14 cm
- Priser
- Winner of the British Society of Criminology Book Prize 2003 null
Anmeldelser
«... a major contribution to knowledge and debate about the prospects and problems of restorative justice. It is theoretically sophisticated and impeccably researched. It also has the merit of being a highly readable, empirically researched book. Roche never falls into the trap of overloading the reader with empirical observations and findings. The empirical material he does present is always put to good work, illustrating and supporting his claims and recommendations ... an outstanding study which advances significantly knowledge and the quality of debate about restorative justice.»
Legal Studies 09/09/2004
«This book should be read both by those who are, and who are not, advocates of restorative justice; it could open an important debate about the whole question of coercive, rather than persuasive, social control.»
British Society of Criminology Newsletter
«This is a really good book. It draws from a wide range of international settings, without getting bogged down in unnecessary detail, it moves smoothly from complex theoretical frameworks of accountability to a persuasive grasp of the practical realities faced by restorative justice practitioners and it is written in an engaging and highly readable style ... Declan Roche has done restorative justice a considerable service.»
Kieran McEvoy, British Journal of Criminology
«Compared to other texts on [Restorative Justice], this... is exceptional: it offers readers a concrete and dynamic view of [Restorative Justice's] promise and risks, a reflective and synthetic discussion of the importance of trust and accountability in criminal justice institutions, and an engagement with formal legality and state justice that goes well beyond words in boxes and bubbles from below.»
Theoretical Criminology
«' ... Throughout the book Roche presents clear, very concrete and well-supported recommendations as to how the practice [of restorative justice] can be revised and developed to bring it in line with the ideal ... I regard Accountability in Restorative Justice as a major contribution to knowledge and debate about the prospects and problems of restorative justice. It is theoretically sophisticated and impeccably researched. It also has the merit of being a highly readable, empirically researched book'»
Professor Gerry Johnstone, University of Hull, Legal Studies