Restorative Justice

Restorative justice is a reorientation of how one thinks about crime and justice and a shift in focus from punitive to reparative justice , however it is a paradigm, which cannot be consensually defined . It is collectively made up of various theories posited through restorative justice scholars. Although a consensual definition is difficult to imply, a panel of restorative justice scholars working under the Delphi method of research have accepted Marshall's definition as representing the core …

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