ABSTRACT
Espen Marius Foss: 0000–0002–8343–4001
Brunilda Pali: 0000–0002–2280–6625
This chapter offers a critical analysis on the implication of informal justice mechanisms such as restorative justice in the amplification of social control, looking at security and social control as different sides of the same coin. The chapter reflects on the transition in modern states from being disciplinary societies to societies of control, a transition which has led to the emergence of a new organisation of state power in processes that decentralise and outsource state functions to civil and private actors under mottos of liberalisation and democratisation, developments which can intensify state control over citizens. In the perspective of the emergence of the societies of control, the relation between corporate state power and decentralised restorative justice processes remains crucial to understand. This chapter focuses on the complex dynamics of this relationship, hoping to shed light on their tight coexistence and co-dependence, and on the consequences the new organisation of state power has for the participants of such processes, and the implications for restorative justice.
