Accountability in Restorative Justice

by Declan Roche

Overview

Many countries have recently established restorative justice programmes, in which those affected by a crime attend meetings in the hope of achieving the ideals of reparation, reconciliation and reintegration. To answer concerns that these meetings may degenerate into 'kangaroo courts' in which participants bully and humiliate each other, this book draws upon extensive fieldwork to explore the nature, function and effectiveness of the accountability within this kind of informal justice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199274277
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/09/2004
Series:	Clarendon Studies in Criminology
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Declan Roche is Lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He gained a Ph.D. from the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University, Canberra.

Table of Contents

1. The Rise and Risks of Restorative Justice2. The Meaning of Restorative Justice and Accountability3. Methods and Overview of Programmes4. Deliberative Accountability in Restorative Meetings5. Multiple Uses of Deliberative Accountability6. Supporting Deliberative Accountability: Neglected Accountability Methods7. Supporting Deliberative Accountability: The Role of Traditonal Accountability8. Semi-Formal Justice: Combining Informal and Formal JusticeAppendix A: Case StudiesAppendix B: ObservationsAppendix C: IntervieweesReferencesIndex