ABSTRACT

Restoring Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Justice offers a clear and convincing explanation of restorative justice, a movement within criminal justice with growing worldwide influence. It explores the broad appeal of this new vision and offers a brief history of its development. The book presents a theoretical foundation for the principles and values of restorative justice and develops its four cornerpost ideas of encounter, amends, inclusion and reintegration. After exploring how restorative justice ideas and values may be integrated into policy and practice, it presents a series of key issues commonly raised about restorative justice, summarizing various perspectives on each.

part 1|60 pages

The Concept of Restorative Justice

chapter 1|19 pages

Visions and Patterns

How Patterns of Thinking Can Obstruct Justice

chapter 2|19 pages

A Brief History of Restorative Justice

The Development of a New Pattern of Thinking

chapter 3|18 pages

Restorative Justice

Justice That Promotes Healing

part 2|71 pages

The Cornerposts of Restorative Justice

chapter 4|17 pages

Inclusion

chapter 5|18 pages

Encounter

chapter 6|13 pages

Amends

chapter 7|19 pages

Reintegration

part 3|44 pages

The Challenge of Restorative Justice

chapter 9|20 pages

Toward a Restorative System

chapter 10|8 pages

Transformation