RT Article
T1 Restorative justice and legal culture
JF Criminology & criminal justice
VO 20
IS 1
SP 57
OP 75
A1 Díaz Gude, Alejandra
A2 Navarro Papic, Iván
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1782616594
AB This article explores the question of how to expand restorative justice as a national policy in a country underrepresented by the literature. We maintain that considering legal culture is essential. We identify restorative justice traditions that are characteristic of civil law and common law legal systems, respectively, and compare them with a case study belonging to the former system. We argue that restorative justice practices are shaped by the legal culture, political tradition and criminal justice identity of the system where they develop. We suggest an approach to transferring restorative justice practices based on comparative criminology, restorative justice traditions and legal culture, making a theoretical contribution to the field, as well as having practical implications at the level of public policy design.
K1 Comparative criminology
K1 Legal culture
K1 public policies
K1 Restorative Justice
K1 Victim–offender mediation
DO 10.1177/1748895818796549