I *definitely* think restorative justice can be abused--after all, in places where it's the only justice system, it gets abused all the time. When two parties come together to settle their differences and one party has huge standing and respect in the society and the other doesn't, that's not a recipe for fairness.
This book I read Making It Right: Building Peace Settling Conflict, was pretty good at making that clear, and didn't try to sell restorative justice as a cure-all, just as something with particular strengths that's worked well in some instances.
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Re: Restorative justice
Date: 2017-01-15 04:35 am (UTC)This book I read Making It Right: Building Peace Settling Conflict, was pretty good at making that clear, and didn't try to sell restorative justice as a cure-all, just as something with particular strengths that's worked well in some instances.