Restorative Justice for Juveniles

Internationally,there is now an acceptance of the need to develop new strategies in criminal justice which reflect restorative justice principles. At the same time, theory, research and practice in restorative justice is making rapid advances. This book provides an up to date and critical account of recent developments. It describes the practice of restorative justice with respect to young offenders in a number of jurisdictions - Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, South Africa, the United States and various continental European countries. Research findings on the three most common formats – conferencing, victims offender mediation and circles – are presented. Critical issues for the future development of restorative justice are identified. Two main themes run through the collection - the potential of restorative processes to transform criminal justice processes and the potential for aboriginal or indigenous communities to impact on conventional processes. Contributors include active researchers and leading theorists from around the world.

PART 1 SETTING THE SCENE

Chapter 1: Introducing Restorative Justice
Daniel Van Ness, Allison Morris and Gabrielle Maxwell

Chapter 2: On Restoration and Punishment: Favourable Similarities and Fortunate Differences
Lode Walgrave

PART 2 DESCRIBING RESTORATIVE PRACTICE

Chapter 3: Primary Restorative Justice Practices
Paul McCold

Chapter 4: Conferencing in Australia and New Zealand: Variations, Research Findings and Prospects
Kathleen Daly

Chapter 5: Restorative Justice and Family Group Conferences in England: Current State and Future Prospects
Jim Dignan and Peter Marsh

Chapter 6: Conferencing in South Africa: Returning to Our Future
Ann Skelton and Cheryl Frank

Chapter 7: Victim Impact of Meeting with Young Offenders: Two Decades of Victim Offender Mediation Practice and Research
Mark S Umbreit, Robert B Coates and Betty Vos

Chapter 8: Mediation in Europe: Paradoxes, Problems and Promises
Elmar G M Weitekamp

Chapter 9: Circle Sentencing: Part of the Restorative Justice Continuum
Heino Lilles

PART 3 CRITICAL ISSUES IN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

Chapter 10: Justice for Victims of Young Offenders: The Centrality of Emotional Harm and Restoration
Heather Strang

Chapter 11: Just Cops Doing “Shameful” Business? Police-led Restorative Justice and the Lessons of Research
Richard Young

Chapter 12: Aboriginal Youth and Restorative Justice: Critical Notes from the Australian Frontier
Harry Blagg

Chapter 13: Family Group Conferences and Reoffending
Gabrielle Maxwell and Allison Morris

PART 4 WHAT NEXT FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE?

Chapter 14: Implementing Restorative Justice: What Works?
Allison Morris and Gabrielle Maxwell

“…these papers not only provide optimism for the future, but practical advice for those desiring to create restorative measures as a response to harm and the needs of those affected by harm.
The editors not only helpfully connect the papers, but provide an exceptional synthesis and useful commentary on the best practices emergent from the contributors' research and insights.
exceptional set of papers
authors, their analyses are excellent.


” –  Larry L. Tifft, Central Michigan University, USA, Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

“This publication provides an up-to-date and critical account of recent developments in the rapidly advancing field of restorative justice... This is a thought provoking collection of papers from researchers and leading theorists from around the world. It will be of interest to all those who work in the youth justice field.” –  ChildRIGHT