RT Article
T1 Restorative Justice and Sexual Assault. An Archival Study of Court and Conference Cases
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 46
IS 2
SP 334
OP 356
A1 Daly, Kathleen 1948-
LA English
YR 2006
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1639318356
AB As restorative justice has grown in popularity worldwide, mainly in response to youth crime, controversy surrounds its use for sexual, partner and family violence cases. With some exceptions, all jurisdictions have put these offences beyond the reach of restorative justice for both youth and adult offenders and, thus, empirical evidence is lacking. This paper presents findings from an archival study of nearly 400 cases of youth sexual assault, which were finalized in court and by conference or formal caution over a six-and-a-half-year period in South Australia, to address these questions: (1) What differentiates a court from a conference case? (2) What happens once a case goes to court, e.g. what share of cases is dismissed and how do penalties vary for court and conference cases? (3) From a victim's point of view, what appears to be the better option - having one's case go to court or conference? Contrary to the concerns raised by critics of conferencing, from a victim's advocacy perspective, the conference process may be less victimizing than the court process and its penalty regime may produce more effective outcomes
K1 Restorative Justice
K1 Sexuelle Gewalt
K1 Gerichtsverfahren
K1 Opfer
K1 Zufriedenheit
K1 Konferenz
K1 Vergleich