Repeat performance: is restorative justice another good reform gone bad?
by Greene, Dana
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice. 16(3):359-390. Given the current constellation of fiscal, moral, and logistical problems facing its corrections industry, the USA is on the cusp of a widespread penal reform movement. For the past...
Read More
Soliciting community involvement and support for restorative justice through community service.
by Wood, William R.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Criminal Justice Policy Review. Published online before print September 5, 2013, doi: 10.1177/0887403413499580. This research investigates how a juvenile court was able to solicit and sustain a high degree of community support or “buy-in†for its use of restorative...
Read More
Why restorative justice matters for criminology.
by Walgrave, Lode
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Restorative Justice 1(2):159-167. This editorial is written on the occasion of the ‘official’ launch of Restorative Justice: An International Journal at the annual conference of the European Society of Criminology, held in Budapest in September 2013. While there is...
Read More
Victims’ needs and participation in justice: is there a role for vengeance?
by Van Stokkom, Bas
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Restorative Justice. 1(2):168-189. This article begins with a critical examination of populist phrases such as ‘victims have a natural right to revenge’; it also discusses the ‘zero sum rhetoric’ in populist discourse (‘his suffering is my...
Read More
For whom is restorative justice? A mixed-method study on victims and (non-) participation
by BolÃvar, Daniela
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Restorative Justice. 1(2):190-214. The phenomenon of victim participation in restorative justice (RJ) has been studied from two main angles: describing victims’ motivations to take part in RJ, and studying the benefits that different groups of victims may obtain when...
Read More
The meaning of impunity: what do victims, offenders and society think of restorative encounters in the context of ETA terrorism in Spain?
by Varona, Gema
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Restorative Justice. 1(2):215-243. The object of this article is to work with the concept of injustice, rather than impunity, following Reyes Mate’s theory (2011), from the standpoint of restorative justice. The concept of delicate and real injustice, as developed by this...
Read More
Revisiting people’s mediation in China: practice, performance and challenges.
by Zhang, Hongwei
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Restorative Justice. 1(2):244-267. In China, the term ‘people’s mediation’ generally refers to folk mediation sponsored by people’s mediation committees, in which parties to disputes are brought together for conciliation, based on the laws and norms of...
Read More
Family violence, fathers, and restoring personhood.
by Pennell, Joan
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Restorative Justice 1(2):268-289. Restorative justice holds those who abuse as morally responsible and, thus, capable of acknowledging wrongdoing, changing how they relate to others, and rebuilding their sense of personhood. Applying restorative practices in situations of family...
Read More
Debating restorative justice
by Gavrielides, Theo
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Restorative Justice 1(2):294-297. abstract...
Read More
Crime, punishment and restorative justice: from the margins to the mainstream
by Bennett, Christopher
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Restorative Justice. 1(2):298-301. abstract...
Read More
Child victims and restorative justice: a needs-rights model.
by Honkatukia, Päivi
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Restorative Justice. 1(2):302-304. abstract...
Read More
Denver’s Citizen/Police Complaint Mediation Program Officer and Complainant Satisfaction.
by Schaible, Lonnie M.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) Criminal Justice Policy Review. 24(5): 626-650. Ensuring police use their authority justly is a persistent concern. Yet, there is little agreement on the most effective mechanisms for promoting accountability. The present study seeks to contribute to a growing body of research...
Read More
An examination of BARJ services in four Pennsylvania counties.
by Lemmon, John H.
June 4, 2015
Source: (2012) Shippensburg, PA and Washington, DC: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and US Dept of Justice, Office of Justice Programs. In light of the absence of any outcome-based studies, in 2009 the Pennsylvania Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission (JCJC) and the Pennsylvania...
Read More
What if imprisonment were abolished for property offences?
by Ashworth, Andrew
June 4, 2015
Source: (2013) London: The Howard League for Penal Reform My argument is that imprisonment should be abolished for property offences. The focus is on what may be termed ‘pure property offences’, that is, leaving aside offences intended to violate other rights as well as property....
Read More