Giving victims the right to meet those who offended against them (reparation schemes): a good idea or a flawed concept?

Recent decades have witnessed a growing recognition of the importance of giving victims a voice in the criminal justice process generally and in bringing their plight to the awareness of offenders specifically. Forms of achieving this vary, but one central tenant is enabling victims to meet those who offenders against them. Such meetings have the potential to enable victims to make offenders aware of their suffering -physical, emotional and financial forms – and to understand from offenders w...