"This fully updated version of Martin Wright's thought-provoking work Justice for Victims and Offenders (first published in 1991 by the Open University Press) charts issues and developments affecting victims of crime from the earliest times to the modern day. It deals in particu…
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This book argues that prison inmates can be persuaded to change their attitudes, values, and behaviors while in prison, so that they are prepared to become law-abiding citizens upon release. The author believes this process occurs most effectively when directed by "outsiders" wh…
Can individuals be reformed or rehabilitated in the prison? A persistent body of work indicates that rehabilitation and/or reformation through incarceration is illusory. Exceptions, according to this view, are the result of accident, not design. For many practitioners in correct…
Vengeance and bitter violence have had their turns--without redemptive results. How should we as a society respond to wrongdoing? When a crime occurs or an injustice is done, what needs to happen? What does justice require? Howard Zehr, known worldwide for his pioneering work in…
Vengeance and bitter violence have had their turns--without redemptive results. How should we as a society respond to wrongdoing? When a crime occurs or an injustice is done, what needs to happen? What does justice require? Howard Zehr, known worldwide for his pioneering work in…