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  • 4.2 - Restorative Justice

  • from Part IV - Interventions
  • Edited by Jennifer M. Brown, London School of Economics and Political Science, Miranda A. H. Horvath
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
    Published online:
    02 December 2021
    Print publication:
    09 December 2021, pp 514-529

  • Summary

    Restorative justice is an approach that offers offenders, victims and the community an alternative pathway to justice instead of the formal adversarial process in common law court jurisdictions. Restorative justice focuses upon the safe participation of victims in resolving the aftermath of crime with the offender. The approach encourages people to accept responsibility for the harm caused by their actions and an opportunity to make themselves accountable to those they have harmed. Restorative approaches recognize the harm that criminal behaviour has upon both the victim and greater community. Restorative justice though entering the lexicon of modern criminology during the mid-1950’s has a much older provenance with it being present in many indigenous and ancient cultures throughout the world. Restorative justice offers therapeutic benefits to the victims of crime as well as benefits to those who have committed crime.