POSSIBILITIES OF APPLICATION OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE TO VIOLENCE IN SPORT

Abstract

At the beginning of the paper, the authors point out that sport, in addition to having positive effects, can in some cases generate violence that is unacceptable. In this regard, violence in sports is immanent to all social epochs. As the existing concept of retributive justice embodied in criminal law (does not) give appropriate results, it is necessary to consider the possibility of applying the concept of restorative justice in the fight against violence in sports. In addition to the conceptual definition of restorative justice, the authors emphasize the existence of two models of restorative justice - diversionary and therapeutic, and after analyzing the normative framework of violence in sports in the Republic of Serbia discusses the application of these models in combating this form of violence.