회복적 이념의 형성 과정에 관한 고찰

A Study on the development, process of restorative justice

As we have shown, humans have used forms of restorative justice for the larger part of their existence. Criminal law and the often destructive retributive answer to crime, or more recently, the failed rehabilitative efforts, have been fairly new. Forms of restorative justice, as we could find them in acephalous societies and especially early state societies seem to be the better answer to the crime problem of today's societies. For example, the family group conferences and other forms of conflict resolution as practiced by indigenous people seem to be in this context the most promising ones, and can look to an extraordinarily long tradition. The advantage of such programs lie in their healing power for all involved people, and the participation of the enlarged family, social group and community.