Getting to Accountability in Restorative Justice

Offender accountability is a primary goal of restorative justice meetings. Yet existing research on restorative justice demonstrates wide variation in how accountability is defined in research and achieved in practice. Empirical research also shows offenders sometimes struggle with providing informa...

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Main Author: Wood, William R. (Author)
Contributors: Suzuki, Masahiro
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
In: Victims & offenders
Year: 2024, Volume: 19, Issue: 7, Pages: 1400–1423
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Conferencing
Victims
Offenders
Responsibility
Accountability
Restorative Justice
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Summary:Offender accountability is a primary goal of restorative justice meetings. Yet existing research on restorative justice demonstrates wide variation in how accountability is defined in research and achieved in practice. Empirical research also shows offenders sometimes struggle with providing information or demonstrating culpability, and victims are sometimes not satisfied with offender accounts or view offenders as justifying their behavior. Toward these problems of “getting to accountability,” we set forth a definition that is comprised of three phases – the giving, taking, and making of accountability – primary to how offenders demonstrate and how victims and others perceive accountability in restorative justice meetings. Following this, we discuss implications for research and practice.
ISSN:1556-4991
DOI:10.1080/15564886.2024.2333304