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Today, although the extent to which restorative justice has moved from the margins to the mainstream in state crime policies is subject to debate, it remains undisputed that restorative justice has prospered as a new paradigm, in contrast to the traditional punitive one. Restorative justice, which is aimed at transforming penal justice or even completely replacing it, is now widely used to address less serious offenses and forms of deviance. In countries such as New Zealand and Northern Ireland, restorative justice has acquired a central place in handling juvenile offending (Zinsstag and Vanfraechem 2012). Moreover, the impact of restorative justice is also evident in numerous legislative amendments, governmental reports, judicial policies, etc. (Gavrielides 2007; Dünkel et al. 2015; Miers and Aertsen 2012).

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Notes

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    Some scholars, e.g., Green et al. (2013), have restricted the application of restorative justice to criminal matters, whereas similar practices in schools, neighborhoods, and other settings are called restorative approaches or practices.

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    This set of principles can also be found at http://peace.fresno.edu/docs/rjprinc2.html. October 10, 2013.

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    For the complete contents of the “Recommended Ethical Guidelines,” please refer to http://www.voma.org/docs/ethics.pdf. Retrieved on October 15, 2013.

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    https://www.restorativejustice.org.uk/sites/default/files/resources/files/Principles%20of%20restorative%20practice%20-%20FINAL%2012.11.15.pdf. Retrieved on February 20, 2016.

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    European scholars have been opposed to the goal of healing, as they consider it too unrealistic and too idealistic.

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Yuan, X. (2017). Restorative Justice. In: Restorative Justice in China. Springer Series on Asian Criminology and Criminal Justice Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63922-2_8

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