Redefining Justice through Restorative Criminal Justice: An analysis

Abstract

Restorative conferencing is an innovative approach to criminal justice intervention that is gaining traction in Britain, particularly to administer police cautions to juvenile offenders. The topic is now under vigorous discussion, centring on its efficacy as a crime reduction strategy, its advantages for victims, its practicality in contemporary society, its impact on the procedural rights of arrestees, and the risk of it devolving into a degrading ceremony. The article aims to broaden the discourse to include less apparent but equally significant matters. This research ponders on three main issues: the rationality of the concept of ‘restorative justice’, the task of integrating this concept into society and the ‘criminal justice system’ and lastly, the criticism against the delivery of ‘restorative justice’.