The Implementation of Restorative Justice in Iceland: A Comparison of Police- and Expert-Led Conferencing

<p>On first of October 2006 the Ministry of Justice in Iceland launch a restorative justice pilot project. Building on the pilot project data, this thesis evaluates the implementation of restorative justice into the criminal justice system in Iceland by asking victims, offenders and other participants in police- and expert-led conferencing to answer questionnaires' relating to these two types of restorative justice practices to crime. The thesis compares its results with findings from a review conducted by Paul McCold (1998) who more than a decade ago challenged concerns on police facilitated conferencing. The data examined in the present thesis support Paul McCold's findings that police officers are capable of conducting conferences in a highly restorative manner when dealing with minor degree offences and that conferencing is an effective restorative justice practice that should be encouraged when conducted by police officers or trained professionals.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Year dc:date.available

2010

Author dc:creator

• Hafsteinsson, Hafsteinn Gunnar

Contributors dc:contributor

• Tamra Pearson d´Estée, Ph.D.
• Cynthia V. Fukami
• P. Bruce Uhrmacher

• Conference
• Paul McCold
• Police conferencing
• Restorative justice
• Retributive justice
• Victim-offender mediation
• Law
• Peace and Conflict Studies
• Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

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• <p>Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.</p>

Language dc:language

en

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/818

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.du.edu:etd-1817