Reimagining Restorative Justice

Agency and Accountability in the Criminal Process
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-84946-056-9
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 422 g

"Restorative justice theory has largely failed to keep pace with the rapid expansion of restorative practices worldwide - indeed, it is remarkable how much support RJ has when so few advocates can even define what it is. As such, this insightful and comprehensive new contribution from two of the top scholars on the frontlines of restorative justice research is hugely welcome."
Professor Shadd Maruna, Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Manchester

"Reimagining Restorative Justice is a reflective and balanced reconsideration of restorative justice. It deftly sweeps across the large literature on the subject, putting it in perspective, seeing anew through its wide-angle lens. Empowerment and accountability provide a fertile framework for this richly reimagined justice."

Professor John Braithwaite, Australian National University

"David O'Mahony and Jonathan Doak have made a significant contribution to the confusing and over-complicated field of restorative justice theory. They do so through their use of empowerment theory to bring conceptual and operational clarity to the concepts of agency and accountability in restorative processes and outcomes. As a result they develop a convincing argument for face to face dialogue between victim and perpetrator within the core of the criminal justice system. Their emphasis upon ethical and skilful practice is a welcome riposte to the rapid spread of 'restorative justice lite' driven by managerialism and the need to cut costs."
Tim Chapman, Lecturer at the University of Ulster.

"O'Mahony and Doak convincingly argue that rapid developments in the practice of restorative interventions have outstripped restorative justice theory. They provide both an outstandingly helpful review of the literature and a fresh theoretical approach based on empowerment theory. Everyone seriously interested in restorative justice will want to reflect carefully on the authors' conclusions."
Anthony Bottoms, Emeritus Wolfson Professor of Criminology at the University of Cambridge.

In recent years, restorative-based interventions have expanded rapidly and are increasingly viewed as a legitimate, and even superior means of delivering justice. The result of this swift but piecemeal development has been that restorative justice practice has outpaced the development of restorative justice theory. This book takes up this challenge by 'reimagining' a new framework for the operation of restorative justice within criminal justice. In essence, it is contended that the core empowering values of 'agency' and 'accountability' provide a lens for reimagining how restorative justice works and the normative goals it ought to encompass.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Mahony, David

Doak, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Zivilprozessrecht Streitschlichtung, Mediation
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. An Alternative Paradigm of Justice

I. Introduction

II. Trailblazing and Standard-Setting

III. Bridging Theory and Practice

IV. Structure and Argument of this Book

2. Restorative Justice Theory: Concepts, Processes and Outcomes

I. Introduction

II. Criminal Justice: A Paradigm in Crisis?

III. Refining Restorative Justice Theory

IV. Mainstreaming Restorative Justice within Criminal Justice: The Challenge Ahead

V. Conclusions

3. Theorising Restorative Justice in Criminal Justice

I. Introduction

II. Empowerment Theory

III. Conclusions

4. Victims and Offenders: Agency and Accountability in Practice

I. Victims and Restorative Justice

II. Offenders and Restorative Justice

III. Conclusions

5. Restorative Practices at the Periphery of Criminal Justice

I. Introduction

II. Community-based Programmes

III. Restorative Policing

IV. Youth Offender Panels

V. Schemes for Adult Offenders

VI. Prison-based Restorative Programmes

VII. Conclusions

6. Mediation and Restorative Justice in Continental Europe

I. Introduction

II. Background and Context

III. Administration and Referral

IV. Process and Agreement

V. Evaluation

VI. Developing Restorative Justice in Continental Europe

VII. Conclusions

7. Mainstreamed Restorative Justice: Youth Conferencing

I. Introduction

II. The Process of Youth Conferencing

III. Participation in Youth Conferencing

IV. Satisfaction and Procedural Justice

V. Agreement: Restoration and Apology

VI. Conclusions

8. Restorative Justice and Recidivism

I. Introduction

II. Conclusions

9. Reimagining Restorative Justice: Towards Empowerment

I. Introduction

II. Agency and Accountability as Keys to Empowerment

III. From Theory to Practice

IV. Extending the Reach of Restorative Justice

V. Challenges Ahead

VI. Effecting Change

Über Autor(innen)

Doak, Jonathan
Jonathan Doak is Professor of Criminal Justice at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University.

O'Mahony, David
David O'Mahony is Professor of Law at Essex Law School.

David O'Mahony is Professor of Law at Essex Law School.
Jonathan Doak is Professor of Criminal Justice at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University.