Source: (1998) Community Corrections Report on Law and Corrections Practice 6(1): 7-9.
As an aspect of restorative justice, this article discusses the dynamics of a crime victim’s forgiveness of the offender, with attention to the importance of forgiveness, what it means, what is necessary for forgiveness, who has standing to forgive, and the form forgiveness takes.
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