Source: (2010) Perspectives in Public Health. 130(6):254-255.
Restorative justice conferences brings victims of crime face to face with their offenders in a controlled environment, enabling victims to ask questions, receive apologies and explain the true impact of the crime against them. Caitlyn Donaldson asks whether this may offer a way to tackle the negative mental health impact that crime has on its victims. (publisher’s abstract)
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