CORRUPTION, LOSS OF SOCIAL TRUST AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE
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Summary: This article analyses the potential of restorative justice to repair the loss of social trust as a specific social harm caused by corruption. To this aim, we conceptually delimitate the notions of corruption and social trust, describe how corruption deteriorates social trust, and examine the factors that do or do not make restorative justice capable of working as an effective trust repair strategy. The article closes with some proposals for the implementation of a restorative justice approach to corruption.
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