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Not just another focus group : making the case for the nominal group technique in criminology Ghent University
The Sparking Discipline of Criminology. John Braithwaite and the construction of critical social science and social justice KU Leuven
© 2011 Leuven University Press. Over the past decades, the Australian social scientist John Braithwaite (1951) has played a crucial role in the development of international criminology. He is universally considered one of the most renowned criminologists of our times and he has characteristically put his scientific engagement at the service of humanity and society by aiming at social justice, participative democracy, sustainable development and ...
When restorative justice meets the Good Lives model: contributing to a criminology of trust KU Leuven
The Good Lives Model and restorative justice, although both innovative practices with a number of common traits, interests and aims, have been developing in parallel or even at odds with each other for a number of years. As a consequence, they have rarely been examined as possibly complementary and of use to each other. In this article we aim to explore these innovative practices individually and to look at how they might work together to ...
Harm: A Neglected Concept in Criminology, A Necessary Benchmark in Crime Policy KU Leuven
Despite the centrality of harm to crime and criminalization and increasing interest in harm as a basis for crime control policy, there has been little systematic reflection within criminology on criminal harms or their identification, evaluation, and comparison. In this paper, we consider the status of harm in crime control policy, arguing the centrality of harm to crime and providing evidence of the trend toward harm-based approach to crime ...
Harm: a Neglected Concept in Criminology, a Necessary Benchmark for Crime-Control Policy KU Leuven
Despite the centrality of harm to crime and criminalization and increasing interest in harm as a basis for crime-control policy, there has been little systematic reflection within criminology on criminal harms or their identification, evaluation, and comparison. In this paper, we review the literature on the harms of crime and related concepts, i.e., the perceived seriousness and cost of crime, impact of criminal victimization, and drug-related ...