Contesting policy that undermines restorative justice for victims of crimeFootnote☆

A version of this paper was presented at the Discourse and Policy Practices: Politics-Legitimacy-Power Conference, Grenoble, France, June 22–25, 2010 (Panel: The Policy Analyst as Facilitator).

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