The Citizens' Role in Justice

Building a Primary Justice and Prevention System at the Neighborhood Level

Bibliographic Data

ID9768303
AuthorsRAYMOND SHONHOLTZ (corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume494
Issue1
Pages42-53
Publication date1987-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716287494001005
OpenAlexW2035816442
LanguageEN
Citations received10

Conventional law enforcement is reactive—and does little to break the cycle of hostile personal relations between citizens who eventually assault or kill one another. Based on over ten years of experience, a much more effective and preventive policy is community-based conflict resolution by trained citizen volunteers, working with other citizens. Interpersonal violence in the United States can be dramatically reduced if cities adopt such neighborhood justice, like that pioneered by the Community Board Program. So defined, the concept of prevention is a community responsibility maintained by citizens exercising their civic rights

Conflict resolution · Criminology · Economic Justice · Enforcement · Interpersonal communication · Law enforcement · Political science · Public relations · Restorative justice · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology

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