Title: Repositioning restorative justice /
Authors: Walgrave, L.
Date: 2003
Publisher: Willan Pub.,
Physical description: xix, 351 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: H
Abstract: This book, based on papers presented at the 5th international conference held at Leuven, Belgium in 2002, aims to provide an overview of recent experience of restorative justice.
Contents: Introduction / Lode Walgrave -- I. Discussing the principles of restorative justice -- 1. Is it time to question the concept of punishment? / Martin Wright -- 2. Restorative justice: a discussion of punishment / Jolien Willemsens -- 3. Alternative conflict resolution and restorative justice: a discussion / Anne Lemonne -- II. Evaluating aspects of restorative practices -- 4. A survey of assessment research on mediation and conferencing / Paul McCold -- 5. Evaluating the practice of restorative justice: the case of family group conferencing / Nathan Harris -- 6. Differences in how girls and boys respond to family group conferences: preliminary research results / Gabrielle Maxwell, Venezia Kingi, Allison Morris, Jeremy Robertson and Tracy Anderson -- 7. Juvenile offenders' perceptions of community service / Isabelle Delens-Ravier -- III. Extending the scope of restorative approaches -- 8. Researching the prospects for restorative justice practice in schools: the 'Life at School Survey' 1996-9 / Valerie Braithwaite, Eliza Ahmed, Brenda Morrison and Monika Reinhart -- 9. Community mediation, criminal justice and restorative justice: rearranging the institutions of law / John Blad -- 10. Restorative justice for adult offenders: the New Zealand experience / Allison Morris and Gabrielle Maxwell -- 11. Restorative justice in prison? / Ottmar Hagemann -- IV. Positioning restorative justice in different countries -- 12. The possibilities for restorative justice in Serbia / Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic -- 13. Alternative practices for juvenile justice in Flanders (Belgium): the case for mediation / Mia Claes, Frans Spiesschaert, Catherine Van Dijk, Inge Vanfraechem and Sigrid Van Grunderbeeck -- 14. Preparing the South African community for implementing a new restorative child justice system / Buyi Mbambo and Ann Skelton -- 15. Positioning mediation in the criminal justice system: the Italian 'justice of the peace' / Grazia Mannozzi. 16. Anthropological reflections on restoring justice in Norway / Ida Hydle -- 17. Implementing family group conferences in Belgium / Inge Vanfraechem -- 18. The future of the Japanese criminal justice system / Toshio Yoshida.
Notes: Based on papers presented at a conference held in Leuven, Sept. 16-19, 2001. The conference was the fifth in a series of conferences organized by the International Network for Research on Restorative Justice for Juveniles.
Subject headings (LCSH): Criminal justice, Administration of--Congresses.; Juvenile justice, Administration of--Congresses.; Restorative justice--Congresses.