“Academic Whim” or “Building Understanding”? Reflections from Anthropological Research on Restorative Justice Cover Image

„Akademicki kaprys” czy „budowanie zrozumienia”? Refleksje z badań antropologicznych o sprawiedliwości naprawcze
“Academic Whim” or “Building Understanding”? Reflections from Anthropological Research on Restorative Justice

Author(s): Janina Radziszewska
Subject(s): Anthropology, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Criminology, Victimology, Sociology of Law, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: anthropology of law; restorative justice; hate crime;

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on restorative justice as a form of contestation against the retributive Western justice system. The emergence of the concept of restorative justice is strongly linked to the development of victimology and the movement fighting for a greater involvement of victims in the criminal proceedings. Embedded in the pattern of oppositions associated with retributive and restorative justice – conflict versus dialogue, power versus community, punishment versus responsibility – are motifs that point to the complexity of the matter of dispute resolution. The article is based on the results of research carried out in the frame of the project „Protecting and Defending the Rights of Victims of Anti-LGBT Hate Crimes: Innovative Paths through Restorative Justice (LetsGoByTalking)”.

  • Issue Year: 49/2021
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 251-268
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Polish