Gabrielle M. Maxwell

Family, Victims and Culture

Youth Justice in New Zealand

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The concept of restorative justice was in its infancy when New Zealand introduced Family Group Conferences as a way of responding to young people who offend. This novel approach is now recognized as the first practical example of a restorative justice process for decision-making in a Western criminal justice system. The research study reported here observed 200 family group conferences in 1990 and interviewed the families, victims, and young people who participated in them. The findings show that giving young people, families, and victims the opportunity to decide on how best to heal the harm and restore the lives of those involved can work i… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Morris, Allison Margaret

ISBN: 978-1-72522-885-6
EAN: 9781725228856
Produktnummer: 34670651
Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 250 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 50'634 KB

Über den Autor

Dr Gabrielle Maxwell was a senior research fellow at the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University of Wellington at the time of writing this book. Later she was the founding director of the Crime and Justice Research Centre and is now a senior associate at the Institute of Policy Studies. Her research interests have focussed on youth justice, restorative justice and family violence.