Restoring Respect for Justice: A Symposium - Softcover

Wright, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1872870783 ISBN 13: 9781872870786

Publisher: Waterside Pr Winchester, 1999

Synopsis

A highly innovative account that sets out the arguments for restorative justice in the form of a fictional debate - by one of the founders of the victims movement. A must for anyone interested in restorative justice or dealing with victim/offender issues - including politicians! This extraordinary book describes 'A Symposium' at which a range of presenters (a politician, judge, psychologist, probation officer, mediator etc.) talk about crime, criminal offending and victims and answer questions from their audience. This highly innovative approach is the vehicle for Martin Wright's survey of developments in the field of Restorative Justice, including a close examination of issues of concern to victims, offenders, courts, mediators and criminal justice practitioners making Restoring Respect for Justice a must for anyone concerned with these issues. The work challenges many assumptions about criminal justice, one key theme being that if society (including law and justice) does not ensure that people are respected as individuals then they will not respect the property or person of others - or the law. Neither is the present system designed to show sufficient respect for victims which again serves to undermine respect for it.

About this title

About the Author

Martin Wright has been Director of the Howard League for Penal Reform, Policy Officer of Victim Support, and Librarian of the Cambridge Institute of Criminology. He is a Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Legal Studies, University of Sussex.

Review

'This book merits wide circulation and reading and it is easily understandable for non-experts in the field of criminal justice... It should be available to those training for work in the Criminal Justice System':Julia Flack, Crucible.'Clearly opens up an exciting and topical area of debate':The Justices' Clerk'This book should be compulsory reading for anyone working, however remotely, in the criminal justice field ... quite simply I could not put it down':The Magistrate

About this edition

• Publisher: Waterside Pr Winchester
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1872870783
• ISBN 13: 9781872870786
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224