University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series
University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series 2008
Restorative Justice and Child Sex Offences: The Theory and the Practice
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This paper appeared in the British Journal of Criminology, 2008, volume 48, pp. 359 – 378. This paper may also be referenced as [2008] UNSWLRS 43.
Abstract
Restorative justice advocates have made a number of claims about the effectiveness of restorative justice in relation to sexual assault crimes, such as its ability to defuse power relations between the parties and heal the harm. This article examines whether or not restorative justice is one of the ways forward in the difficult area of prosecuting child sex offences by re-analysing some of the data reported in Daly (2006) and comparing restorative justice with other reforms to the sexual assault trial. It concludes that there is insufficient evidence to support the view that there are inherent benefits in the restorative justice process that provide victims of sexual assault with a superior form of justice.
Subject Area
Criminal Law and Procedure
Recommended Citation
Annie Cossins,
"Restorative Justice and Child Sex Offences: The Theory and the Practice"
(July 2008).
University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series.
University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series 2008.
Working Paper 43.
http://law.bepress.com/unswwps/flrps08/art43
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