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Restorative Justice and Mediation: Diverged or Converged?

Restorative Justice and Mediation: Diverged or Converged? Asian Criminology (2013) 8:335–347 DOI 10.1007/s11417-013-9170-6 Restorative Justice and Mediation: Diverged or Converged? Louis W. Y. Mok & Dennis S. W. Wong Received: 08 September 2012 /Accepted: 12 March 2013 /Published online: 14 September 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 . . Keywords Restorative Justice Mediation China Introduction Restorative justice, one of the hottest topics in contemporary criminology, was introduced to China 15 years ago. Restorative justice is generally perceived as a new approach towards understanding and handling crime, which empowers crime victims, offenders, and communities to take an active part in resolving the impacts of crime. Restorative justice, translated as Hufuxing Xifa, has attracted scholarly attention in China since 2000 (Wong and Mok 2010). Debates on whether restorative justice should be adopted or how it could be incorporated into the current criminal justice systems have been becoming frequent among proponents and opponents over the past 5 years (Wong and Mok 2012). Interestingly, hufuxing xifa (restorative justice) is closely linked to the notion and practices of tiaojie (mediation) in China. With the great influence of Confucianism, it is generally believed that a Chinese mediatory society, which emphasizes the maintaining of harmony, has been shaped and eventually formed throughout different http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Journal of Criminology Springer Journals

Restorative Justice and Mediation: Diverged or Converged?

Mok, Louis; Wong, Dennis
Asian Journal of Criminology , Volume 8 (4) – Sep 14, 2013
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Asian Criminology (2013) 8:335–347 DOI 10.1007/s11417-013-9170-6 Restorative Justice and Mediation: Diverged or Converged? Louis W. Y. Mok & Dennis S. W. Wong Received: 08 September 2012 /Accepted: 12 March 2013 /Published online: 14 September 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013 . . Keywords Restorative Justice Mediation China Introduction Restorative justice, one of the hottest topics in contemporary criminology, was introduced to China 15 years ago. Restorative justice is generally perceived as a new approach towards understanding and handling crime, which empowers crime victims, offenders, and communities to take an active part in resolving the impacts of crime. Restorative justice, translated as Hufuxing Xifa, has attracted scholarly attention in China since 2000 (Wong and Mok 2010). Debates on whether restorative justice should be adopted or how it could be incorporated into the current criminal justice systems have been becoming frequent among proponents and opponents over the past 5 years (Wong and Mok 2012). Interestingly, hufuxing xifa (restorative justice) is closely linked to the notion and practices of tiaojie (mediation) in China. With the great influence of Confucianism, it is generally believed that a Chinese mediatory society, which emphasizes the maintaining of harmony, has been shaped and eventually formed throughout different

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