Several Definitions of Restorative Justice Can Be Found, but at the Heart

question 23

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Several definitions of restorative justice can be found, but at the heart of most of these definitions is the conviction that those most directly involved in a crime (individual victims, offenders, families of victims and offenders, and victimized communities) should be central in responding to the harm caused by crime.

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