RT Article
T1 Understanding victim participation in restorative practices: Looking for justice for oneself as well as for others
JF European journal of criminology
VO 14
IS 6
SP 679
OP 696
A1 Camp, Tinneke Van
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1580016510
AB Restorative justice (RJ) promotes a constructive dialogue between the victim of a crime and the offender. Restorative practices have been credited for allowing victims to move on from victimization. This paper goes beyond victim appreciation of RJ and addresses what motivates victims to agree to communicate with their offender. Victim-participants were interviewed at the start of a restorative intervention and again after its conclusion, with the aim of identifying reasons for participation and exploring whether these evolve as a restorative procedure progresses. Discourses reveal that victims hoped that interaction with their adult or young offender would advance insight and healing as well as help the offender. Shifts in motivation over time were only subtle and many respondents manifested prosocial intentions (for example to help the offender) early on.
K1 Justice motives
K1 Procedural justice
K1 Prosocial concerns
K1 Restorative justice,
K1 Victims of crime
DO 10.1177/1477370816682981