Open AccessJustice From the Victim’s Perspective
Author(s) -
Judith Lewis Herman
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
violence against women
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.807
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1552-8448
pISSN - 1077-8012
DOI - 10.1177/1077801205274450
Subject(s) - retributive justice , restorative justice , economic justice , vision , perspective (graphical) , criminology , poison control , victimology , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , sociology , psychology , social psychology , political science , medicine , law , medical emergency , computer science , child abuse , anthropology , artificial intelligence
What are the meanings of justice, as seen from the perspective of victims of violent crime? Are victims' visions of justice represented by the conventional legal system? Are they represented by restorative justice? The author engages these questions, drawing on in-depth interviews with 22 victims of violent crime. It is argued that survivors' views of justice do not fit well into either retributive or restorative models. This has implications for current efforts to use restorative models in cases of violence against women.
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