| Author(s) | Haley, John O |
| Title | Comment on using criminal punishment to serve both victim and social needs |
| Source | Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol72, Spring 2009, p219-225. |
| Date | 2009 |
| Document type | Journal article |
| Summary | This article expands and gives further support to the arguments put forward by Erin Ann O'Hara and Maria Mayo Robbins. The author suggests that restorative justice should not be narrowly restricted in research to victim-offender mediation but include such programs as drug courts, violence-treatment programs, children-at-risk programs and others that meet the established criteria of restorative justice programs. The article examines the role of apology and suggests that it is a good starting point in restorative justice. The Japanese treatment of offenders is examined and in particular the role of remorse and offenders' attitudes and victims' responses, in the decision making of the prosecutors. |
| Keywords | Restorative justice; apology |
| Topic | Restorative justice |