Beyond retribution: Conceptualizing restorative justice and exploring its determinants

Social Justice Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 156-180

  Okimoto, Tyler G ^a   Wenzel, Michael ^b   Feather, N T ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; Fairness; Punishment; Restorative justice; Retributive justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949126041     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-009-0092-5     Document Type: Article

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