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Mercy - A Restorative Philosophy (Paperback)
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Mercy - A Restorative Philosophy (Paperback)
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Loot Price R529
Discovery Miles 5 290
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Restorative justice has attracted increasing support world-wide,
but it sits uncomfortably alongside entrenched attitudes towards
punishment and retribution. Because it does not involve 'locking-up
people and throwing away the key' it is not favoured reading for
risk-averse politicians or the media. There are also vested
interests at play which can be traced back to when the state first
sought to enhance its coffers and cast victims to the side lines.
As a result, the concept of 'mercy' has become largely lost,
distorting relationships between victims, offenders and
communities. The author argues that rediscovering mercy would lead
to a more humane and purposeful form of criminal justice. His book
looks at the characteristics of mercy and explains how it has
become confused with mitigation and leniency. He goes on to
deconstruct and analyse current theoriesa and make proposals for
reform. Long-overdue reform of contemporary criminal justice
necessitates, as the author argues, a 'paradigm-shift' requiring
inspired political leadership and a consensus to 'do justice
better' between policy-makers, academics, jurists, criminal justice
professionals and opinion-formers. The book examines the
implications and challenges of such a journey and its purposes in a
modern, progressive, enlightened and civilised society.
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