Synopses & Reviews
An anthology of original essays, this book presents debates over practice, theory, and implementation of restorative justice. Attention is focused on the movement’s direction toward a more holistic, community-oriented approach to criminal justice intervention.
- Discussion questions provoke thought, review and discussion.
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction Part II: Foundations of Restorative Community Justice
1. What and Why Now: Understanding Restorative Justice
2. Satisfaction Guaranteed? The Meaning of Satisfaction in Restorative Justice
3. Responsibility and Restorative Justice
Part III: The Context of Restorative Community Justice: Stakeholder and Organizational Roles
4. Restorative Justice for Crime Victims: The Promise, The Challenge
5. Restorative Justice and the Offender: The Challenge of Reintegration
6. Community Justice: Transforming Communities Through Restorative Justice?
7. Infancy, Adolescence, and Restorative Justice: Strategies for Promoting Organizational Reform
Part IV: The Content: Practice and Intervention in Restorative Community Justice
8. Restorative Conferencing
9. Community Reparative Boards in Vermont
10. Guiding Principles for Designing Peacemaking Circles
Part V: Critical Perspectives on the Restorative Community Justice Ideal
11. Restorative Justice, Indigenous Justice, and Human Rights
12. Positive Youth Development, Restorative Justice, and the Crisis of Abandoned Youth
13. Restorative Justice, Social Justice, and the Empowerment of Marginalized Populations
Part VI: The Future of Restorative Community Justice
14. Dangers and Opportunities of Restorative Community Justice: A Response to Critics
15. Exploring and Shaping the Future