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The Traditional Restorative Justice Practices That Have Influenced Southern Africa

The Traditional Restorative Justice Practices That Have Influenced Southern Africa

Angelo Kevin Brown
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781668441121|ISBN10: 1668441128|EISBN13: 9781668441145
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4112-1.ch003
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Brown, Angelo Kevin. "The Traditional Restorative Justice Practices That Have Influenced Southern Africa." Minding the Gap Between Restorative Justice, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, and Global Indigenous Wisdom, edited by Marta Vides Saade and Debarati Halder, IGI Global, 2023, pp. 56-75. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4112-1.ch003

APA

Brown, A. K. (2023). The Traditional Restorative Justice Practices That Have Influenced Southern Africa. In M. Saade & D. Halder (Eds.), Minding the Gap Between Restorative Justice, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, and Global Indigenous Wisdom (pp. 56-75). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4112-1.ch003

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Brown, Angelo Kevin. "The Traditional Restorative Justice Practices That Have Influenced Southern Africa." In Minding the Gap Between Restorative Justice, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, and Global Indigenous Wisdom, edited by Marta Vides Saade and Debarati Halder, 56-75. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2023. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4112-1.ch003

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Abstract

The indigenous peoples of Southern Africa have a tradition of using restorative justice practices. The region has used restorative justice practices primarily until European colonization had enforced a Western criminal justice and legal system. During and after colonization, Southern Africa has continued to use traditional methods for public safety and resolving conflicts in communities. This led to governments having a dual system in which nonserious violations are usually handled in the traditional courts, and the more serious crimes are handled in the formal criminal courts.

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