Restorative Justice and the Prison: Some Foreign Experiences
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restorative justice, prison, restorative programs, foreign experiencesAbstract
Restorative justice presents a constructive response to crime, which is not focused on punishment and revenge, but rather on redress and repair of the relationships destroyed by the criminal offence. In the past years, restorative justice has experienced a strong expansion in numerous countries, while its use is recommended by relevant international documents. A particular field of its implementation presents the introduction of restorative mechanisms into the prison facilities and other institutions for serving custodial sentences. Taking that as a departure point, examples of restorative justice programs implemented in some prisons in certain European and non-European countries will be discussed in this paper. This may serve as a basis for considering the possibility of introducing these programs in Serbian prison facilities and other institutions for serving custodial sentences, not only for juveniles, in which some programs have already been implemented, but also for adult offenders.
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