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Book SynopsisThe legitimacy and performance of the traditional criminal justice system is the subject of intense scrutiny as the world economic crisis continues to put pressure on governments to cut the costs of the criminal justice system. This volume brings together the leading work on restorative justice to achieve two objectives: to construct a comprehensive and up-to-date conceptual framework for restorative justice suitable even for newcomers; and to challenge the barriers of restorative justice in the hope of taking its theory and practice a step further. The selected articles start by answering some fundamental questions about restorative justice regarding its historical and philosophical origins, and challenge the concept by bringing into the debate the human rights and equality discourses. Also included is material based on empirical testing of restorative justice claims especially those impacting on reoffending rates, victim satisfaction and reintegration. The volume concludes with a cri
Table of ContentsContents: Introduction. Part I Historical and Philosophical Origins: The history of restorative justice, Elmar G.M. Weitekamp; A restorative lens, Howard Zehr; Setting standards for restorative justice, John Braithwaite; Connecting philosophy and practice, John Braithwaite and Heather Strang; Epilogue: reconstructing restorative justice philosophy, Theo Gavrielides and Vasso Artinopoulou. Part II Equality Matters: Restorative justice and international human rights, Daniel W. Van Ness; Resisting co-optation: three feminist challenges to antiviolence work, James Ptacek; Responding to hate crimes through restorative justice dialogue, Robert B. Coates, Mark S. Umbreit and Betty Vos; Bringing race relations into the restorative justice debate: an alternative and personalized vision of 'the other', Theo Gavrielides. Part III Empirical Testing: Achievements and difficulties, T. Marshall and S. Merry; Towards a framework for conceptualising and evaluating models of criminal justice from a victim's perspective, James Dignan and Michael Cavadino; The ambivalences of restorative justice: some reflections on an Italian prison project, Odillo Vidoni Guidoni; Restoration or renovation? Evaluating restorative justice outcomes, Jaimie P. Beven, Guy Hall, Irene Froyland, Brian Steels and Dorothy Goulding; A third voice: a review of empirical research on the psychological outcomes of restorative justice, Barton Poulson. Part IV Critiques and Pushing the Barriers: Compulsory compassion: justice, fellow-feeling, and the restorative encounter, Annalise Acorn; Victims of restorative governmentalities, George Pavlich; Reflections on family violence and restorative justice: addressing the critique, Anne Hayden; Restorative justice and the retributive legal context, Elizabeth E. Elliott; Restorative pain: a new vision of punishment, Theo Gavrielides. Name Index.
