Restorative Justice: Dangers of the Big Tent

O'Hear, Michael

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Restorative Justice: Dangers of the Big Tent

Michael M. O'Hear

Marquette University - Law School

August 6, 2009

CRIMINAL LAW CONVERSATIONS, Paul H. Robinson et al. eds., 2009
Marquette Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 09-28

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This comment responds to Erik Luna's essay "In Support of Restorative Justice." Luna extolls the capacity of restorative justice practices to accommodate diverse theories of punishment, but such a "big tent" approach may undermine the ability of the restorative justice movement to bring meaningful reform to the American system of mass incarceration. This comment was published along with Luna's essay and additional responses in Criminal Law Conversations (Paul H. Robinson et al. eds., 2009).

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Keywords: restorative justice, punishment, sentencing

JEL Classification: K14, K42

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Date posted: August 8, 2009

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O'Hear, Michael M., Restorative Justice: Dangers of the Big Tent (August 6, 2009). CRIMINAL LAW CONVERSATIONS, Paul H. Robinson et al. eds., 2009; Marquette Law School Legal Studies Paper No. 09-28. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1444961

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