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Restorative Justice Approach Launched by South Africa Department of Correctional Services.

Skelton, Ann
June 4, 2015

Source: (2002) Restorative Justice Online. January 2002 edition.

The South Africa Department of Correctional Services held a conference in November to launch its new “restorative justice approach”. Although other government departments have included restorative justice in their policy documents and the government has sponsored pilot projects, this was certainly the most highly publicized policy statement on restorative justice by the South African government to date.

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