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Restorative justice in cases of sexual violence: Current and future directions in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Gavin, P., Kite, C., Porter, C., McCartan, K., & Cawley, P. (in press). Restorative justice in cases of sexual violence: Current and future directions in the UK. Contemporary Justice Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/10282580.2024.2330375

Restorative justice seeks to repair the harm caused by crime by bringing together victims, offenders, and affected parties in a facilitated dialogue. Restorative justice is often viewed negatively in relation to cases of sexual violence, due to fears... Read More about Restorative justice in cases of sexual violence: Current and future directions in the UK.

Restorative Justice and Harmful Sexual Behaviour (RJHSB): A commentary (2024)
Report
Gavin, P., Wager, N., Palmer, J., Cawley, P., Walker, T., & Bates, A. (2024). Restorative Justice and Harmful Sexual Behaviour (RJHSB): A commentary. NOTA News: National Organisation for the Treatment of Abuse

Restorative Justice (RJ) has been practiced around the world in various settings, including criminal justice, for many years (Shapland et al., 2004; 2006). In the UK, there has been a long history of its use with the intent to allow those who have... Read More about Restorative Justice and Harmful Sexual Behaviour (RJHSB): A commentary.

Secondary victims of homicide and restorative justice (2023)
Book Chapter
Gavin, P. (2023). Secondary victims of homicide and restorative justice. In C. Allsop, & S. Pike (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Homicide Investigation. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

This chapter considers how restorative justice (RJ) can be used to help secondary victims of homicide in dealing with their loss. It begins by discussing the impact of homicide on secondary victims. It then considers some of the principles of RJ and... Read More about Secondary victims of homicide and restorative justice.

Resettlement needs for foreign national prisoners returning to their home country (2023)
Journal Article
Gavin, P., & Porter, C. (2023). Resettlement needs for foreign national prisoners returning to their home country. Irish Probation Journal, 20, 200-223

While a wide range of literature exists on the topic of prisoner resettlement, little is known about the struggles faced by foreign national prisoners who return to their home country after serving a prison sentence aboard. This paper aims to address... Read More about Resettlement needs for foreign national prisoners returning to their home country.