The Traditional Restorative Justice Practices That Have Influenced Southern Africa

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Author(s): Angelo Kevin Brown (Arkansas State University, USA)
Copyright: 2023
Pages: 20
Source title: Minding the Gap Between Restorative Justice, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, and Global Indigenous Wisdom
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Marta Vides Saade (Ramapo College of New Jersey, USA) and Debarati Halder (Parul Institute of Law, Parul University, India)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4112-1.ch003

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Ethics & Law / Government and Law / Security & Forensics

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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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