Abstract
Few defences of retribution in criminal justice make a plausible case for the view that punishment plays a necessary role in restoring relations between offenders, victims and the community. Even fewer defences of retribution make a plausible appeal to the interpersonal practice of apologizing as a symbolically adequate model for criminal justice. This review article considers Christopher Bennett's engaging defence of an apology ritual in criminal justice, an account of justifiable punishment that draws from the best of retributive and restorative justice theory. © The Author 2010. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: [email protected].
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | gqq006 |
| Pages (from-to) | 385-397 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Oxford Journal of Legal Studies |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 4 Mar 2010 |