1st Edition

Making Amends Mediation and Reparation in Criminal Justice

By Gwynn Davis Copyright 1992
236 Pages
by Routledge

236 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

Reparation, or making amends, is an ancient theme in criminal justice. It was revived in both Europe and North America in the 1980s as a practical alternative both to retributivism, and to the various utilitarian projects traditionally associated with retributive justice.Making Amends examines the practice of these schemes in the UK, USA, and Germany, and shows how criminal justice institutions... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Developments in England and Wales; Chapter 3 The Exeter Youth Support Team; Chapter 4 The Coventry Reparation Scheme; Chapter 5 The Totton Reparation Scheme; Chapter 6 Dominant themes; Chapter 7 Neglected themes I; Chapter 8 Neglected themes II; Chapter 9 Victim-offender mediation in Germany, HeinzMessmer; Chapter 10 Victim-offender mediation, Mark S.Umbreit, Robert B.Coates; Chapter 11 Conclusion;

Biography

Gwynn Davis, Heinz Messmer, Mark S. Umbreit, Robert B. Coates