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'Reintegrative shaming is the key to controlling crime'. Discuss. Following almost three centuries of differing rationales, such as retribution, punity, reformation and rehabilitation, competing to be the dominant influence on the criminal justice systems of modern Western societies, there has emerged a 'new' approach to crime control, that of restorative justice. The aim of this approach is to offer a 'tougher reworking' of the concerns of welfare and the rehabilitation of the offender, coupled with punishment of the criminal behaviour, and a more central role with regards the rights of, and justice for the victim (Hughes, 2002). Restorative justice aims to bring the process of conflict resolution back into the 'community', thus enabling all parties affected by criminal behaviour to be involved in working towards a reconciliatory outcome (Hughes, 2001, p.248, cited in McLaughlin and Muncie, 2001). Reintegrative shaming is a strategy based upon the logic of restorative justice (Hughes,...

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