Abstract
Criminal justice can only offer very limited room for victims and offenders to reconcile but to the contrary risks to polarize positions where reconcilition might be possible. Through its face to face participatory procedures restorative justice offers much more space for finding agreement. But forgiveness can never be expected or proclaimed as an aim of any kind of more or less formalized justice.
| Original language | Dutch |
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| Title of host publication | Hoe te reageren op misdaad? Op zoek naar de hedendaagse betekenis van preventie, vergelding en herstel |
| Editors | Jannemieke Ouwerkerk, Theo de Wit, Jacques Claessen, Pauline Jacobs, Sonja Meijer |
| Place of Publication | Den Haag |
| Publisher | Sdu Uitgevers |
| Pages | 89-105 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789012391900 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
