Situating and researching restorative justice in Great Britain

Punishment and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-46

  Miers, David ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

English and Scottish criminal justice; Programme evaluation; Restorative justice; Victims of crime

Indexed keywords

EID: 28744433312     PISSN: 14624745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1462474504039089     Document Type: Review

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