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Descriptive Analysis of the Portrayal of Restorative Justice in the B.C. Newsprint Media

MacMillan, Scott N.
June 4, 2015

Source: (2007) Dissertation submitted for the degree of Master of Arts in Criminology. Simon Fraser University

Portrayals of restorative justice in British Columbia newsprint media are subjected to a descriptive content analysis. Fundamental aspects of the restorative justice perspective, and its many manifestations, are examined to assess how this perspective is portrayed to the public as a series of processes and as an international social movement. (author’s abstract)

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