Restorative Justice

Just a quick posting today to bring this to your attention. Laurie Taylor on Thinking Allowed today had an interesting discussion on restorative justice. It doesn’t get much of a look in at AS/A2 level and I guess that might be because you can argue that it’s more of a policy response, rather than a sociological theory as such, to crime.

But one sociological question at least must emerge:

What assumptions does restorative justice make about the nature of crime and the criminal?

And I can’t leave out Durkheim - What do you think Durkheimian’s might say about the policy of restorative justice - would they approve or disapprove?

May not post tomorrow as I’m out all day, but I am working on some quizzes. Back soon.