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Frames restorative justice as a form of moral and spiritual practice with the capacity to transform injustice
In the United States restorative justice typically refers to small-scale measures that divert alleged wrongdoers from a standard path through the criminal justice system by funneling them into alternative justice programs. These aim not to punish the offender, but to constructively address the harm that wrongdoing may have caused to individuals or to the community, engaging with the wrongdoer to come to a response that might heal and repair the harm.
Yet restorative justice initiatives generally fail to challenge and transform the racist system of mass incarceration. This book argues that these initiatives have the potential to do so, but that we need to better understand what restorative justice is, and how it should be implemented. It claims that restorative justice can achieve its desired effect only insofar as it provides a mode of association between pe

Restorative Justice and Lived Religion

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Frames restorative justice as a form of moral and spiritual practice with the capacity to transform injusticeIn the United States... Read more

    Publisher: New York University Press
    Publication Date: 9/24/2024
    ISBN13: 9781479823789, 978-1479823789
    ISBN10: 1479823783

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society , Non Fiction

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    Frames restorative justice as a form of moral and spiritual practice with the capacity to transform injustice
    In the United States restorative justice typically refers to small-scale measures that divert alleged wrongdoers from a standard path through the criminal justice system by funneling them into alternative justice programs. These aim not to punish the offender, but to constructively address the harm that wrongdoing may have caused to individuals or to the community, engaging with the wrongdoer to come to a response that might heal and repair the harm.
    Yet restorative justice initiatives generally fail to challenge and transform the racist system of mass incarceration. This book argues that these initiatives have the potential to do so, but that we need to better understand what restorative justice is, and how it should be implemented. It claims that restorative justice can achieve its desired effect only insofar as it provides a mode of association between pe

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