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The Impossible Dreams and Modest Reality of Restorative Justice.

Thorburn, Malcolm
June 4, 2015

Source: (2005) Queen’s Law Journal. 30(2):863-882.

This review essay explores the many criticisms of restorative justice focusing on the book Compulsory Compassion by Annalise Acorn.

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