Restorative justice in Macedonian criminal legislation and difficulties in its implementation

Empowerment and Retribution in Criminal and Restorative Justice*

Contrary to the implied suggestion in many restorative justice critiques of the status quo, the chief strength of restorative justice interventions does not lie in their rejection of punitiveness and retribution, but the empowerment of communities of care who are the most likely to respond effectively to both the causes and the consequences of criminal wrongdoing. Thus, it is the empowerment of...

The Punishment Debate in Restorative Justice Professor Kathleen Daly School of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Restorative Justice in Children

An important, and perhaps uniquely human, mechanism for maintaining cooperation against free riders is third-party punishment. Our closest living relatives, chimpanzees, will not punish third parties even though they will do so when personally affected. Until recently, little attention has been paid to how punishment and a sense of justice develop in children. Children respond to norm violation...

Restorative justice in prisons

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Criminal Mediation as a Doctrine of Restorative Justice from the Perspective of Law and Ethics

Background: Creating the ground for peace and reconciliation through recourse to arbitration has been one of the common methods of litigation that is rooted in ethics. In the criminal justice system, judicial and police officials are the reference for investigation, inquiry and investigation. The sovereign and their representatives have the exclusive competence and no other person has the autho...