Restorative justice conferencing in the context of community policing
auteur | Joanna Shapland |
tijdschrift | Cahiers Politiestudies (ISSN: 1784-5300) |
jaargang | Jaargang 2009 |
aflevering | 11. Restorative policing |
onderdeel | Artikelen |
publicatie datum | 12 mei 2009 |
taal | English |
pagina | 119 |
samenvatting | The potential scope for restorative policing is wide: police officers undertaking mediation of conflicts themselves; police referring disputes to restorative justice processes run by other police officers or by other statutory or voluntary agencies; police preferring restorative disposals to prosecution or other, more retributive disposals (such as onthe- spot fines) within the ambit of their own discretionary powers. Arguably, the scope is even wider and restorative choices more likely to be used when the dominant police philosophy is that of community or neighbourhood policing – because police officers |