Restorative Justice - Theoretical Foundations Edited by Elmar Weitekamp and Hans-Jürgen Kerner

Restorative Justice - Theoretical Foundations addresses a wide range of fundamental questions about restorative justice, considering amongst other things ways in which conceptual pitfalls can be avoided, and how traditional models of peacemaking and healing developed in traditional societies can be integrated into the justice systems of late modern societies. Overall it provides an authoritative overview of contemporary thinking about restorative justice and will be essential reading for anybody concerned with the future direction of criminal justice and criminal justice systems.

CONTENTS

The shape of things to come: a framework for thinking about a restorative justice system

Daniel W. Van Ness

Journey to belonging

Howard Zehr

Restorative Justice and the politics of decolonization

Chris Cunneen

Justified Criticism, Misunderstanding, or Important Steps on the Road to Acceptance?

Martin Wright and Guy Masters

From community to dominion: in search of social values for restorative justice

Lode Walgrave

Deconstructing restoration: the promise of restorative justice

George Pavlich

Restorative justice theory validation

Paul McCold and Ted Wachtel

Restorative Justice and the future of diversion and informal social control

Gordon Bazemore and Colleen McLeod

Restorative justice for juveniles in the United States: prevalence, process and practice

Mara Schiff and Gordon Bazemore

Restorative Justice for Children: in need of procedural safeguards and standards

Christian Eliaerts and Els Dumortier

From the Sword to Dialogue: towards a 'dialectic' basis for penal mediation

Grazia Mannozzi

Punishment, Guilt and Spirit in Restorative Justice: an essay in legal and religious anthropology

Robert E Mackay

The role of shame, guilt and remorse in restorative justice processes for young people

Gabrielle Maxwell and Allison Morris

Peacemaking and community harmony: lessons and admonitions from the Navajo peacemaking courts

L Thomas Winfree Jr

From philosophical abstraction to restorative action, from senseless retribution to meaningful restitution: just deserts and restorative justice revisited

Ezzat A Fattah

Restorative justice: present prospects and future directions

Elmar GM Weitekamp