Opening Pathways to Restorative Justice
Analysis of Parliamentary Debates on Sex Crime Law Reform in Victoria, Australia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12426573 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daye Gang (0000-0002-9969-2355, Monash University), Bebe Loff (0000-0003-1963-6503, Monash University), BRONWYN NAYLOR (0000-0001-5128-7249, RMIT University), Maggie Kirkman (0000-0003-0976-0260, Monash University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 658-681 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1072-4745 • E-ISSN: 1468-2893 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/sp/jxab019 |
| OpenAlex | W3193728086 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
This article reveals the trajectory of parliamentary debate on sex crimes over forty years in Victoria, Australia. We aimed to identify what might have led Parliament to support the introduction of restorative justice as an option for some sex crimes. We searched parliamentary records from 1976 to 2016 for debates on law reform for sex crimes that involved adult victims without intellectual disability. It was evident that politicians’ debates shifted in their constructs of offenses and victims in ways that appear to have created space to explore restorative justice
Criminology · Economic Justice · Law reform · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Restorative justice · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |