Changing Lenses : A New Focus for Crime and Justice

Name: Changing Lenses : A New Focus for Crime and Justice
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ISBN: 9780836135121

ISBN-10: 0836135121

ISBN-13: 9780836135121

Edition: 1st 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Howard J. Zehr

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Crime victims have many needs, most of which our criminal justice system ignores. In fact, the justice system often increases the injury. Offenders are less ignored by this system, but their real needs -- for accountability, for closure, for healing -- are also left unaddressed. Such failures are not accidental, but are inherent in the very definitions and assumptions which govern our thinking about crime and justice. Howard Zehr, director of the Mennonite Central Committee U.S. Office of Criminal Justice, proposes a "restorative" model which is more consistent with experience, with the past, and with the biblical tradition. Based on the needs of victims and offenders, he takes into account…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Herald Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English