The Possibility of a Restorative Police Force

doi: 10.32577/mr.2022.2.13

Abstract

Police uses the methods of restorative justice in their day-to-day activities in several countries around the world. The concept of police officers being able to involve certain offenders in the so-called family group conference method,  when their guilt has been proven, was first introduced in  New Zealand.44 Since then, similar legislation has been put  in place in Australia, England, Wales and Northern Ireland, among other countries, allowing juvenile and adult offenders in certain offences to be diverted from traditional court proceedings.45The aim of the present study is to find  out how the use of restorative methods is implemented in  the police forces of the aforementioned Anglo-Saxon  countries, and how the Hungarian police force could use  these restorative practices. 

Keywords:

restorative justice restorative policing police

How to Cite

Schmidt, L. (2022). The Possibility of a Restorative Police Force. Hungarian Law Enforcement, 22(2), 197–209. https://doi.org/10.32577/mr.2022.2.13

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