Reflections on Restorative Justice Conference – ‘Creating A More Transparent, Responsive and Effective Criminal Justice System’

The purpose of this article is to examine how victims and restorative justice have come to prominence recently in the UK, drawing upon the author’s reflections of attending the ‘Creating a more transparent, responsive and effective Criminal Justice System’ conference hosted by ‘Inside Government’ on 14 June 2012 in Central London. As originally set out by Schafer (1960), the author will utilise the story of ‘Cinderella’ as a metaphor to examine such changes, when referring to his
reflections of the conference attended.