Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice Research Collection

This report addresses the various forms of equality issues to be taken into account in relation to resettlement under Community Sponsorship and provides some lessons and guidance on mechanisms through which these issues can be identified and addressed, with a particular focus on attending to the experiences and views of resettled persons.

One would expect the common agenda of improving the quality of care in hospital sectors across nations to bring about a convergence of their quality assurance systems. However, one finds great variations in the ways in which such schemes are constructed and communicated to the general public in different countries. This paper examines three universal health care systems (England, Sweden and Japan) and explores the degree to which political institutions and public opinions affect the processes of quality assurance system building within them. It argues that the inputs from governments in response to public concerns are the key to understanding the changes in this seemingly profession-dominated policy domain; therefore policy changes are significantly affected by dynamic interactions between events, public discourses and governance structures within these countries. The findings also demonstrate that public access to information has begun to have a large impact on policy debates in all three countries.

If we constrain ourselves to Therapeutic Jurisprudence – which centres on legal mechanisms and legal actors - are we serving Victims and Offenders well – or are we limiting the range of justice options for victims?

Why restorative justice? Why do victims of sexual crime want restorative justice? Why are offenders willing to participate? This presentation examines these issues based on empirical research.