This article explores the question of how to expand restorative justice as a national policy in a country underrepresented by the literature. We maintain that considering legal culture is essential. We identify restorative justice traditions that are characteristic of civil law and common law legal systems, respectively, and compare them with a case study belonging to the former system. We argue that restorative justice practices are shaped by the legal culture, political tradition and criminal justice identity of the system where they develop. We suggest an approach to transferring restorative justice practices based on comparative criminology, restorative justice traditions and legal culture, making a theoretical contribution to the field, as well as having practical implications at the level of public policy design.
Este trabajo examina cómo puede entenderse la rehabilitación del autor dentro de la Justicia Restaurativa. Considerando que conceptos como la reinserción de quien ha delinquido se han planteado, fundamentalmente, dentro del Derecho penal, teniendo como centro de análisis los fines de la pena, cabe preguntarse si las tesis preventivo especiales pueden aplicarse también respecto de la Justicia Restaurativa, considerando que ésta descansa sobre otros pilares distintos a la pena. Asimismo, se analiza si las prácticas restaurativas pueden tener impacto en la reducción de la reincidencia y de qué forma pueden entenderse hoy nociones como el desistimiento delictivo, en cuanto a impulsar cambios en la conducta del ofensor hacia la evitación en la comisión de nuevos delitos.
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