Changing lenses : a new focus for crime and justice /
Howard Zehr.
- Scottdale, Pa. : Herald Press, �1990.
- 1 online resource (271 pages).
- A Christian peace shelf selection .
- Christian peace shelf selection. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-263).
The experience of crime. A vignette -- The victim -- The offender -- Some common themes -- The justice paradigm. Retributive jestuce -- Justice as paradigm -- Roots and signposts. Community justice -- Covenant justice -- VORP: an experimental plot -- A new lens. A restorative lense -- Where from here?
Crime victims have many needs, most of which our criminal justice system ignores. In fact, the justice system often increases the injury. Howard Zehr proposes a "restorative" model which is more consistent with experience, with the past, and with the biblical tradition. --from publisher description.
English.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. Punishment. Reconciliation. Victims of crimes. Criminals. SOCIAL SCIENCE--Penology. Criminal justice, Administration of. Criminals. Punishment. Reconciliation. Victims of crimes. Criminaliteit. Strafrechtspleging. Law, Politics & Government. Law, General & Comparative.