Book Review: Victim Policies and Criminal Justice on the Road to Restorative Justice: Essays in Honour of Tony Peters.
This book is a collection of previously unpublished essays written to honor Tony Peters on his 2001 retirement from his long and influential career as a professor of criminology at the Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven.
by Ezzat Fattah and Stefaan Parmentier. 2001. Leuven: Leuven University Press. ISBN ISBN 90 5867 181 X.
Reviewed by Gregory Strong
This book consists of a collection of previously unpublished essays written to honor Tony Peters upon his retirement in 2001 from his long and influential career as a professor of criminology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Three main sections organize the essays.
- Part I contains papers on promoting victim policies
- Part II holds papers on reforming criminal justice
- Part III holds papers on developing restorative justice.
These represent three primary areas of Tony Peters’s interests and achievements. In his career, he participated in significant developments, in Belgium and other countries, in bringing attention to victims and victims’ issues, and in promoting restorative justice. Coming from a number of countries, the distinguished set of contributors includes academicians in criminology, law, and social work.
Biographical notes on the contributors can be found near the end of the book, as well as a select bibliography of Tony Peters’s writings since 1980. While most of the essays are in English, some are in French.
Chapter Summaries:
The Status of Victims of Crime in South Africa
The Position of Victims and Victim Support in the New Spanish Juvenile Criminal Law
L'Indemnisation des Victimes d'Infractions Pénales dans le Droit Français
De la Reconnaissance des Droits des Victimes à la Justice Restaurative
Repressive, Restorative and Reflexive Criminal Law
Constitutional Change, Devolution and Criminal Justice in Scotland
The Transfer of Community Sanctions and Measures in A European Perspective
The Status of Criminology in the Framework of the Criminal Sciences
Societal Development, Quality of Life and Restorative Justice
Restorative Justice and Crime Reduction
Restorative Justice, the Basic Idea and Practice in the United Kingdom
University, Justice and the Churches Before the Victims of Terrorism
The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Restorative Justice in Spanish Popular Tales
December 2002
