July 5 juillet 2001 8:30–10:00
Bilingual forum / Forum bilingue
Simultaneous
translation / Traduction simultanée
Room /
Salle MC
Modérateur/Chair:
Jean Trépanier
, Université
de Montréal
Discutante/Discussant:
Catherine Latimer
, Ministère
de la Justice Canada
All over the world, restorative justice is increasingly used as another method of dealing with crime, and is distinct from both the punitive and rehabilitative models of dealing with offenders. Mediation and conferencing are used in restorative justice, and have gained credibility as constructive models with deep and constructive impact on both the offenders and victims. It is important to disentangle the types of (moral) emotions and socio-psychological dynamics at work, and the conditions under which they can provoke these mainly positive influences. Research has advanced shame, guilt, remorse, sympathy, compassion and other feelings.
This paper will outline the essentials of restorative justice and of the impact research, and will explore the psychological processes it may provoke.
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