Source: (1990) Scottsdale, PA: Herald Press, 271p.
This essay examines common assumptions about crime and justice, which it terms a “retributive” lens or paradigm, and considers historical, biblical and practical alternatives. A “restorative” model is proposed that is based on the needs of victims and offenders, past ways of responding to crime, recent experiments and biblical principles. Topics include: the experience of crime; justice as paradigm; community justice; covenant justice; and the victim-offender reconciliation program and the role of the church.
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