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Making amends : mediation and reparation in criminal justice / by Gwynn Davis with Heinz Messmer, Mark Umbreit, and Robert Coates.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Gwynn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Reparation (Criminal justice)--Great Britain.
- Reparation (Criminal justice).
- Victims of crimes--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.
- Victims of crimes.
- Mediation--Great Britain.
- Mediation.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--Great Britain.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (237 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Reparation, or making amends, is an ancient theme in criminal justice. It was revived in both Europe and North America in the 1980's 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 were unresponsive to these attempts to cast justice in a new form. Yet the experiments reflected an abiding dissatisfaction with criminal courts and with the manner in which justice is conceived and...
- Contents:
- Making amends Mediation and reparation in criminal justice; Copyright; Contents; Notes on the author and the contributors; Preface; 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: diversion and mitigation; Chapter 7 Neglected themes I: negotiation and expiation; Chapter 8 Neglected themes II: the victim interest; Chapter 9 Victim-offender mediation in Germany
- Chapter 10 Victim-offender mediation: a review of research in the United States Chapter 11 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [220]-226) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-85628-407-7
- 1-134-91850-X
- 1-134-91851-8
- 1-280-33828-8
- 0-203-16101-7
- 9780203161012
- OCLC:
- 173259895
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