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Options for Restorative Justice in Cases of Serious Crime
pplk. doc. JUDr. Veronika Marková, PhD., Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, Criminal Law Department
Abstract
The article is dedicated to issues related to the perception of restorative justice in in the conditions of the Slovak Republic in the context of the current legislation as well as in the context of the changes that the criminal law has recently undergone. In particular, the article focuses on the use of restorative programmes in cases of serious crime, focusing on the perception of some facts related to the crime on both sides of the disturbed relationship – on the side of the victim as well as on the side of the offender.
Keywords: crime victim, restorative justice, retributive justice, offender, serious crime.