The Use of Restorative Practices in Latin America

Abstract

Five countries in Latin America: Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Brazil, and Mexico -- demonstrate arange of practices and ideas that fall along a continuum of restorativeness. These reformsare attempts to achieve several different goals, each of which are more or less importantto the two groups providing most impetus for the reforms. While this mixture of motivesresults in varying degrees of restorativeness of the resulting reforms, it also may be slowlytransforming the Latin American context.