Project

Restorative Justice behind Bars: Exploring the Applicability of Restorative Justice in Custodial Settings

Code
01D00508
Duration
01 December 2008 → 30 November 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Correctional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation
    • Criminography and methods of criminological investigation
    • Punishment and criminal justice
    • Criminology not elsewhere classified
    • Criminal law
    • Human rights law
Keywords
United Kingdom Belgium prison restorative justice legal comparaison
 
Project description

The research explores whether restorative justice (RJ) approaches are possible and applicable within custodial settings by studying the existing application of RJ in prisons in Belgium and the United Kingdom and the possibilities for reform.