Community justice: Six challenges

Abstract

Community justice refers to a variety of efforts by the criminal justice system to include the community in both crime prevention and criminal sanctioning processes. Community justice may be defined by six core elements: it 1) operates at the local level; 2) is information-driven; 3) entails problem solving; 4) decentralizes authority and accountability; 5) requires citizen participation; and 6) is process-oriented. Each of these may be fundamental features that distinguish community justice models from traditional approaches to crime. However, each also poses significant challenges to implementation. This articles examines the six challenges facing a community justice model. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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