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Project

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

Outputs and Outcomes

Code

01D00508

Duration

01 December 2008 → 30 November 2012

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Tom Vander Beken

Fellow

Nikolaos Stamatakis

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.

English

Dutch

English

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