Restorative justice and violence against women
Despite significant accomplishments over the past 35 years, antiviolence activists know that justice for most abused women remains elusive. Most victims do not call the police or seek help from the courts, making it crucial to identify new ways for survivors to find justice. This path-breakting book...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Oxford [u.a.]
Oxford University Press
c2010
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| En: | Año: 2010 |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
| Disponibilidad en Tübingen: | Disponible en Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 4044 |
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| Sumario: | Despite significant accomplishments over the past 35 years, antiviolence activists know that justice for most abused women remains elusive. Most victims do not call the police or seek help from the courts, making it crucial to identify new ways for survivors to find justice. This path-breakting book examines new justice pracitves for victims that are being used in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. These informal, dialogue-based practices, referred to as "restorative justice", seek to decrease the role of the state in responding to crime, and increase the involvement of communities in meeting the needs of victims and offenders. Restorative justice is most commonly used to address youth crimes and is generally not recommended or disallowed for cases of rape, domestic violence, and child sexual abuse. Nevertheless, restorative practices are beginning to be used to address violent crime ... (Quelle: Text Verlag / Verlag) |
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| Notas: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Descripción Física: | XVIII, 292 S. |
| ISBN: | 9780195335484 |