Provides an international perspective as to the potential of restorative justice to * Deliver better ways of dealing with offenders and victims * Reduce the use of custody by challenging offenders to take responsibility for their offences and to make reparation for their wrong-doing * Consign to history the fallacies and false horizons of traditional thinking in favour of a principled, more purposeful use of sanctions Criminal Punishment and Restorative Justice pulls no punches in its criticism of traditional approaches and their failure to achieve crime prevention.