Over the last decade or so, more has been more written and talked about restorative justice than any other criminological topic. In addition to the proliferation of published work, there have been numerous national and international conferences and seminars both within and outside the academy, and the stream of e-conversations taking place via the many and various restorative justice e-mail lists and websites is in constant spate.
As research on and around restorative justice flourishes as never before, this new four-volume collection in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Criminology, meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of the subdiscipline’s rich and diverse heritage. It provides a much-needed map to steer students and scholars towards the truly essential foundational and cutting-edge materials and offers an essential grounding in the philosophy and principles of restorative justice in a number of jurisdictions around the world. Furthermore, it furnishes users with a critical awareness of the potential and the pitfalls of restorative justice in responses to crime, conflict, and civil disputes.
The first volume in the collection (‘The Rise of Restorative Justice’) brings together the best research that inspired the restorative justice ‘movement’ and gives a flavour of some early practices that, on reflection, can now be considered to be at least partly restorative. The work gathered here considers the competing definitions of restorative justice, distinguishing between those that focus on restorative values and principles, those that emphasize aims and outcomes, and those that are premised on the idea that the term should only be applied to specific processes or programmes. Volume I will also develop in readers a critical approach to the relationship between punishment and restorative justice in the context of debates about whether restorative justice can fairly be characterized as non-punitive in nature.
Volume II (‘Restorative Practices on the International Stage’) collects the most important work to describe and critically evaluate the varied practices across the globe which have been labelled ‘restorative justice’. The scholarship gathered here assesses the extent to which the (often competing) visions, discussed in Volume I, have been put into practice and draws on research carried out in North America, Asia, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Africa in various civil and criminal justice settings.
Volume III (‘The Promise of Restorative Justice’) assembles the vital research to describe the instrumental achievements of restorative justice and to provide users with critical approaches in assessing ‘effectiveness’. The materials in Volume III also give a thorough appreciation of how successfully restorative justice is able to reconcile the variety of interests that may be implicated in responding to crime, and examines the related issues of accountability, the protection of rights, and proportionality.
The final volume in the collection (‘Stumbling Blocks on the Road to a Restorative Jurisprudence’) gathers together key thinking to explore the extent to which there is an emerging consensus on a future jurisprudence of restorative justice. The material here seeks to understand the role of restorative justice in relation to both rehabilitation and retribution and other philosophies of punishment, and to consider how it can be protected by legal standards and ethical safeguards.
Restorative Justice is fully indexed and includes a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, a leading scholar in the field, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. An essential reference collection, it is destined to be valued by scholars, students, and practitioners of restorative justice as a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.
Volume I : The Rise of Restorative Justice
Part 1 : The Start of a New Debate
Chapter 1 : Conflicts as Property’, British Journal of Criminology Chapter 2 : Restitution : A New Paradigm of Criminal Justice Chapter 3 : Fundamental Concepts of Restorative Justice’, Contemporary Justice Review Chapter 4 : Some Doubts about Restorative Justice’, Criminal Law Forum Chapter 5 : A Reply to Andrew Ashworth’, Criminal Law Forum Chapter 6 : Some Sociological Reflections on Restorative Justice, Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice : Competing or Reconcilable Paradigms?
Part 2 : Proto-restorative Practices
Chapter 7 : The Kitchener Experiment, Mediation and Criminal Justice : Victims, Offenders and Community Chapter 8 : The Recent History of Restorative Justice : Mediation, Circles, and Conferencing, Handbook of Restorative Justice Chapter 9 : The Evolution of Restorative Justice in Britain’, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research
Part 3 : Restorative Justice : From Philosophy to Practice
Chapter 10 : Conditions of Successful Reintegration Ceremonies : Dealing with Juvenile Offenders’, British Journal of Criminology Chapter 11 : Specifying Aims and Limits for Restorative Justice : A "Making Amends" Model?, Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice : Competing or Reconcilable Paradigms? Chapter 12 : The International Development of Restorative Justice, Handbook of Restorative Justice Chapter 13 : Restorative Justice : The Real Story’, Punishment and Society
Volume II : Restorative Practices on The International Stage
Part 4 : Restorative Responses Within The Criminal Justice System
Chapter 14 : Staging Restorative Justice Encounters Against a Criminal Justice Backdrop : A Dramaturgical Analysis’, Criminology and Criminal Justice Chapter 15 : Policing and Restorative Justice, Handbook of Restorative Justice Chapter 16 : Security, Without Care : Challenges for Restorative Values in Prison’, Contemporary Justice Review Chapter 17 : Restorative Sentencing : Exploring The Views of The Public’, Social Justice Research
Part 5 : Restorative Youth Justice
Chapter 18 : Reparation and Justice for Juveniles : The Corby Experience’, British Journal of Criminology Chapter 19 : Situating Restorative Youth Justice in Crime Control and Prevention, Restorative Justice : Politics, Policies and Prospects Chapter 20 : Youth Justice in New Zealand : Restorative Justice in Practice?’, Journal of Social Issues
Part 6 : New Challenges for Restorative Justice : Family Violence
Chapter 21 : Restorative Justice and Gendered Violence : Diversion or Effective Justice?’, British Journal of Criminology Chapter 22 : Beyond Apology? Domestic Violence and Critical Questions for Restorative Justice’, Criminology and Criminal Justice Chapter 23 : Transformative Justice : Anti-Subordination Processes in Cases of Domestic Violence, Restorative Justice and Family Violence
Part 7 : New Challenges for Restorative Justice : Sexual Violence
Chapter 24 : Restorative Justice and Sexual Assault : An Archival Study of Court and Conference Cases’, British Journal of Criminology Chapter 25 : Restorative Justice and Child Sex Offences : The Theory and The Practice’, British Journal of Criminology Chapter 26 : Setting The Record Straight and A Call for Radical Change : A Reply to Annie Cossins on "Restorative Justice and Child Sex Offences"’, British Journal of Criminology
Part 8 : New Challenges for Restorative Justice : Homicide
Chapter 27 : Homicide Survivors Meet The Offender Prior to Execution : Restorative Justice Through Dialogue’, Homicide Studies Chapter 28 : Comment on Umbreit and Vos : Retributive Versus Restorative Justice’, Homicide Studies Chapter 29 : Reply to Radelet and Borg’, Homicide Studies
Part 9 : New Challenges for Restorative Justice : Crimes against Humanity
Chapter 30 : How to Deal with Mass Victimization and Gross Human Rights Violations : A Restorative Justice Approach, Large-Scale Victimisation as a Potential Source of Terrorist Activities Chapter 31 : Moral Ambition Within and Beyond Political Constraints : Reflections on Restorative Justice, Truth v : Justice : The Morality of Truth Commissions Chapter 32 : Mass Justice for Mass Atrocity in Post-Genocide Rwanda’, Temple Law Review Chapter 33 : The Rules (and Politics) of Engagement : The Gacaca Courts and Post-Genocide Justice, Healing and Reconciliation in Rwanda, After Genocide : Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Reconciliation in Rwanda and Beyond
Volume III : The Promise of Restorative Justice
Part 10 : Restoring Victims
Chapter 34 : Evaluating Restorative Justice from a Victim Perspective : Empirical Evidence’, Understanding Victims and Restorative Justice Chapter 35 : Repairing The Harm : Victims and Restorative Justice’, Utah Law Review Chapter 36 : Restorative Justice, Victims and The Police, Handbook of Policing, 2nd edn : Chapter 37 : Testing The Limits of Restorative Justice : The Case of Corporate Victims, New Visions of Crime Victims
Part 11 : Rebuilding Communities
Chapter 38 : The State, Community and Restorative Justice : Heresy, Nostalgia and Butterfly Collecting Restorative Justice and The Law Chapter 39 : Punishment, Policing and Praxis : Restorative Justice and Non-Violent Alternatives to Paramilitary Punishments in NorThern Ireland’, Policing and Society Chapter 40 : Restorative Justice and The Danger of "Community"’, Utah Law Review
Part 12 : Diversion, Rehabilitation, and Desistance
Chapter 41 : Restorative Justice and Procedural Justice : Dealing with Rule Breaking’, Journal of Social Issues Chapter 42 : What is The Place of Punishment and Imprisonment in Restorative Justice?, Critical Issues in Restorative Justice Chapter 43 : Reducing Repeat Offending’, Restorative Justice : The Evidence Chapter 44 : Restorative Justice and Reconviction’, Contemporary Justice Review Chapter 45 : Reducing Recidivism : A Task for Restorative Justice?’, British Journal of Criminology Chapter 46 : How Green was Thames Valley? : Policing The Image of Restorative Justice Cautions’, Policing and Society
Part 13 : Responsive Regulation : Restorative Justice Outside of Criminal Justice
Chapter 47 : Responsive Regulation’, Restorative Justice and Responsive Regulation Chapter 48 : Dimensions of Restorative Justice’, Journal of Social Issues Chapter 49 : Family Group Conferencing in Child Welfare : Responsive and Regulatory Interfaces’, Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare Chapter 50 : Shaming, Shame and Recidivism : A Test of Reintegrative Shaming Theory in The White-Collar Crime Context’, British Journal of Criminology Chapter 51 : Shaming and The Regulation of Fraud and Business "Misconduct" : Some Preliminary Explorations, Social Dynamics of Crime and Control Chapter 52 : Restorative Justice in Schools, New Directions in Restorative Justice : Issues, Practice, Evaluation Chapter 53 : A Force for Change? The Prospects of Applying Restorative Justice to Citizen Complaints Against The Police in England and Wales’, British Journal of Criminology Chapter 54 : Informal Resolution of Complaints Against The Police : A Quasi-Experimental Test of Restorative Justice’, Criminal Justice
Volume IV : Stumbling Blocks on The Road to a Restorative Jurisprudence
Part 14 : Procedural Fairness, Ethics, and Accountability
Chapter 55 : In Search of Restorative Jurisprudence, Restorative Justice and The Law Chapter 56 : Responsibilities, Rights and Restorative Justice’, British Journal of Criminology Chapter 57 : Restorative Justice for Children : In Need of Procedural Safeguards and Standards, Restorative Justice : Theoretical Foundations Chapter 58 : Family Group Conferences and The Rights of The Offender, Family Conferencing and Juvenile Justice : The Way Forward or Misplaced Optimism? Chapter 59 : Ethics, Universal Principles and Restorative Justice, Handbook of Restorative Justice Chapter 60 : Semi-Formal Justice : Combining Informal and Formal Justice’, Accountability in Restorative Justice
Part 15 : Indigenous Justice
Chapter 61 : Restorative Justice : A Good Idea Whose Time has Gone?’, Crime, Aboriginality and The Decolonisation of Justice Chapter 62 : Reviving Restorative Justice Traditions?, Handbook of Restorative Justice
Part 16 : The Role of Shame in Restorative Processes
Chapter 63 : Shame, Restorative Justice, and Crime, Taking Stock : The Status of Criminological Theory–Advances in Criminological Theory Chapter 64 : Strategy for Community Conferences : Emotions and Social Bonds, Restorative Justice : International Perspectives Chapter 65 : Reintegrative Shaming and Restorative Justice : Interchangeable, Complementary or Different?’, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research Chapter 66 : Shame, Shaming and Restorative Justice, Handbook of Restorative Justice Chapter 67 : What is The Place of Shame in Restorative Justice?, Critical Issues in Restorative Justice
Part 17 : When Parents Feel Ashamed
Chapter 68 : Parent-Child Dynamics in Community Conferences : Some Questions for Reintegrative Shaming, Practice and Restorative Justice’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology Chapter 69 : Relevant OThers in Restorative Practices for Minors : For What Purposes?’, The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology Chapter 70 : Supporting Young Offenders Through Restorative Justice : Parents as (In)Appropriate Adults’, British Journal of Community Justice
Part 18 : A Place for Proportionality?
Chapter 71 : Not Not Just Deserts : A Response to Braithwaite and Pettit’, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Chapter 72 : Not Just Deserts, Even in Sentencing’, Current Issues in Criminal Justice Chapter 73 : Is Restorative Justice Compatible with Sentencing Uniformity?’, Marquette Law Review Chapter 74 : Restorative Justice, Sentencing and The Court of Appeal’, Criminal Law Review
Part 19 : Restoration, Retribution, or ‘Restoration Through Retribution’?
Chapter 75 : Reparation and Retribution : Are They Reconcilable?’, Modern Law Review Chapter 76 : Revisiting The Relationship between Retributive and Restorative Justice, Restorative Justice : Philosophy to Practice Chapter 77 : Restorative Justice and Punishment, The Use of Punishment Chapter 78 : Restorative Punishment and Punitive Restoration, Restorative Justice and The Law
Part 20 : Some Concerns from an Optimist
Chapter 79 : Worries about Restorative Justice’, Restorative Justice and Responsive Regulation
