Declan Roche is a lecturer of Law at the London School of Economics. He received his PhD from the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra.  

During his graduate work, Declan examined the public accountability of restorative justice programs in order to address the criticism that restorative justice, like most forms of informal justice, lacks procedural safeguards to protect victims and offenders.  He concentrated on identifying and assessing the forms of accountability that exist in programs from diverse settings and locations such as

• townships in South Africa

• the Navajo nation in Arizona

• prisons in Texas

• schools in Queensland and Vermont

• police departments in Oxford and Minnesota.   

Declan has also written articles and book chapters on the meaning of restorative justice and accountability. Aside from his research activities, Declan worked as a conference convenor in New South Wales from 1999-2001.  

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Accountability mechanisms - whereby decision-makers are expected to explain and justify their decisions - act as an important check on the way justice is administered. 

Declan Roche

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Leading Edge.  Declan's current interest  concerns adequacy of accountability mechanisms in restorative justice. In a forthcoming book, he identifies and assesses modes of public accountability in restorative justice programs. He also explores the ways in which restorative justice initiatives might experience a mutually beneficial relationship with formal criminal justice processes.

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Reach Declan Roche  at  d.roche@lse.ac.uk

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