ABSTRACT

Handbook of Restorative Justice is a collection of original, cutting-edge essays that offer an insightful and critical assessment of the theory, principles and practices of restorative justice around the globe. This much-awaited volume is a response to the cry of students, scholars and practitioners of restorative justice, for a comprehensive resource about a practice that is radically transforming the way the human community responds to loss, trauma and harm.

Its diverse essays not only explore the various methods of responding nonviolently to harms-done by persons, groups, global corporations and nation-states, but also examine the dimensions of restorative justice in relation to criminology, victimology, traumatology and feminist studies. In addition. They contain prescriptions for how communities might re-structure their family, school and workplace life according to restorative values.

This Handbook is an essential tool for every serious student of criminal, social and restorative justice.

chapter 1|29 pages

The recent history of restorative justice

Mediation, circles, and conferencing

chapter 2|11 pages

Victim offender mediation

An evolving evidence-based practice

chapter 5|13 pages

Restorative justice and recidivism

Promises made, promises kept?

chapter 6|13 pages

Peacemaking circles

Reflections on principal features and primary outcomes

chapter 8|10 pages

Navajo peacemaking

Original dispute resolution and a life way

chapter 13|10 pages

Responding to the needs of victims

What was promised, what has been delivered

chapter 15|16 pages

Murder victims' families for reconciliation

Story-telling for healing, as witness, and in public policy

chapter 17|8 pages

The other victims

The families of those punished by the state

chapter Section IV|3 pages

Making things right

Extending restorative justice

chapter 19|13 pages

Stopping domestic violence or protecting children?

Contributions from restorative justice

chapter 20|12 pages

Are there limits to restorative justice?

The case of child sexual abuse

chapter 21|10 pages

Restoring justice through forgiveness

The case of children in Northern Ireland

chapter 22|15 pages

Restorative justice in transition

Ownership, leadership and ‘bottom-up' human rights

chapter 23|12 pages

Essential elements of healing after massive trauma

Complex needs voiced by victims/survivors

chapter 30|11 pages

Shame, shaming and restorative justice

A critical appraisal

chapter 31|9 pages

Community justice versus restorative justice

Contrasts in family of value

chapter 33|12 pages

A feminist vision of justice?

The problems and possibilities of restorative justice for girls and women

chapter 35|15 pages

Environmental policy and management in Costa Rica

Sustainable development and deliberative democracy

chapter 37|9 pages

The Good Samaritan or the person in the ditch?

An attempt to live a restorative justice lifestyle

chapter 38|12 pages

Transformative justice

The transformation of restorative justice