From Restorative Justice in Practice to Restorative Justice as a Form of Justitia: Integrating Theoretical and Empirical Studies

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23330001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Fundamental law
• Research Institution: Meiji University (2012-2014); Chiba University (2011)
• Principal Investigator: MATSUMURA Yoshiyuki 明治大学, 研究・知財戦略機構, 研究推進員(客員研究員) (80091502)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MURAYAMA Masayuki 明治大学, 法学部, 教授 (30157804) ; SHIRATORI Yuji 北海道大学, 大学院法学研究科, 教授 (10171050) ; HASEGAWA Ko 北海道大学, 大学院法学研究科, 教授 (90164813) ; OTA Shozo 東京大学, 大学院法学政治学研究科, 教授 (40152136) ; SHIROSHITA Yuji 北海道大学, 大学院法学研究科, 教授 (90226332) ; KINOSHITA Manako 同志社大学, 法学部, 教授 (00281171) ; HAYASHI Miharu 千葉大学, 法政経学部, 助手 (50292660)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 基礎法学 / 刑事法学 / 被害者学 / 紛争解決 / コミュニティ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In our research we focus on the concept of community, which is the required element of restorative justice. We conducted Web survey with factorial design using vignettes. In the survey lay persons’ attitudes toward traffic accidents were analyzed. Generally speaking, people think much of stigmatization in-group setting. This result would be possible to unify with integrative shaming. Consequently, we would implement a problem solving court as a new judicial system of restorative justice.

Free Research Field

法社会学、法心理学