Paul Ghuman
Ashgate
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Okafo argues that restructuring a system of justice must involve a consideration of the traditions, customs and native laws of a society as well as the official, often foreign rules. He argues that urbanized nations can sometimes learn from rural ones in terms of problem solving, highlighting the arguments about a return to restorative justice in the United States and advocating an increased role for civil as opposed to criminal response in the social control system of postcolonial societies.
Ashgate
Hardback
160
Okafo argues that restructuring a system of justice must involve a consideration of the traditions, customs and native laws of a society as well as the official, often foreign rules. He argues that urbanized nations can sometimes learn from rural ones in terms of problem solving, highlighting the arguments about a return to restorative justice in the United States and advocating an increased role for civil as opposed to criminal response in the social control system of postcolonial societies.