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Reconsidering Restorative Justice: The Corruption of Benevolence Revisited?

Francis T. Cullen

Betsy Fulton

John F. Wozniak

Restorative justice has emerged as an increasingly popular correctional paradigm that is drawing support not only from conservatives but also from liberals. Although this approach has value, its ready embrace as a progressive reform is potentially problematic in two respects. First, the risk exists that restorative justice programs will be corrupted to serve nonprogressive goals and thus do more harm than good. Second, there is little reason to anticipate that restorative justice programs will have a meaningful effect on offender recidivism. Thus, restorative justice should be viewed and implemented with caution.

Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 45, No. 1, 3-27 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/0011128799045001001


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