Overview
Restoring Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Justice, 3rd Edition offers a clear and convincing explanation of restorative justice, a movement within criminal justice with growing worldwide influence. It explores the broad appeal of this new vision and offers a brief history of its development. The book presents a theoretical foundation for the principles and values of restorative justice and develops its four "cornerpost" ideas of encounter, amends, inclusion and reintegration. After exploring how restorative justice ideas and values may be integrated into policy and practice, it presents a series of key issues commonly raised about restorative justice, summarizing various perspectives on each.
The book grows out of the authors' more than two decades of participation within the restorative justice movement, and draws on the growing body of research and thinking on the topic taking place throughout the world.
Synopsis
Restoring Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Justice, 3rd Edition offers a clear and convincing explanation of restorative justice, a movement within criminal justice with growing worldwide influence. It explores the broad appeal of this new vision and offers a brief history of its development. The book presents a theoretical foundation for the principles and values of restorative justice and develops its four "cornerpost" ideas of encounter, amends, inclusion and reintegration. After exploring how restorative justice ideas and values may be integrated into policy and practice, it presents a series of key issues commonly raised about restorative justice, summarizing various perspectives on each.
The book grows out of the authors' more than two decades of participation within the restorative justice movement, and draws on the growing body of research and thinking on the topic taking place throughout the world.