NCJ Number
112452
Journal
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 27 Issue: 2 Dated: (May 1988) Pages: 127-134
Date Published
1988
Length
8 pages
Annotation
'Reparation' from offender to victim may take a variety of forms and can be promoted either as an alternative to or in conjunction with the operation of our criminal courts.
Abstract
Several Home Office sponsored experiments have been run. The authors, who have been monitoring these and other initiatives, conclude that the scope for making amends -and for viewing criminal justice in reparative terms -- is undermined through the current preoccupation with diverting the offender from prosecution, or mitigating the court's penalty. (Author abstract)