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Prescriptions for Safer Communities


  Author: Chuck Colson, Pat Nolan
Publisher: Thomas J. White Center on Law and Government Notre Dame Law School
Publication: Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy vol. 18, no. 2
Document Date:                  2004
Category: Crime And Violence > Crime
Related Categories:
Crime And Violence > Incarceration
Crime And Violence > Recidivism
 

In this article the authors argue that the criminal justice system has been unsuccessful in reducing crime and recidivism, and they advocate for Restorative Justice measures that address victims of crime and perpetrators together. The authors argue that faith communities can have an important role in applying restorative justice principles in prison programs.

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