Restorative Justice: Critical Issues(Published in Association with The Open University)

Critical Issues in Restorative Justice brings together key international writings that trace the development of restorative justice from its diverse beginnings to current global policies and practices. The collection is constructed around the following themes: the theoretical origins of restorative justice; the key principles and substantive practices associated with restorative justice; controversial issues and debates; future directions and possibilities. A substantial editorial introduction will provide readers with an authorative guide to the critical issues facing restorative justice at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Theorizing Restorative Justice - Eugene McLaughlin et al PART ONE: FOUNDING PROPOSITIONS Crimes as Property - N Christie Moving into a New Millennium - K Harris Toward a Feminist Vision of Justice Reforming Justice - J Tauri and A Morris The Potential of Maori Processes Fundamental Concepts of Restorative Justice - H Zehr and H Mika Restorative Justice and a Better Future - J Braithwaite PART TWO: CORE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES Restorative Family Group Conferences - M Umbreit and H Zehr Differing Models and Guidelines for Practice Conferences, Circles, Boards and Mediations - G Bazemore and C T Griffiths The New Wave of Community Justice Decision Making Restorative Justice Cautioning in Aylesbury - From Degrading to Reintegrative Shaming Ceremonies? - R Young and B Gould Restorative Justice and Family Group Conferences in England - J Dignan and P Marsh Current State and Future Prospects Women Offenders and the Challenge of Restorative Justice - C Adler Young Revisioning Men′s Violence against Female Partners - A Morris and L Gelsthorpe Justice or Sweet Charity? Some Explorations of Shaming and Incapacitating - M Levi Suite PART THREE: AN INCOMPLETE PROJECT? Restorative Justice and Social Justice - J Braithwaite Is Restorative Justice the Way Forward for Criminal Justice? - A Ashworth Critical Thinking about Restorative Justice - C Cuneen Restorative Justice - K Daly The Real Story Community Justice - A Crawford and T Clear Transforming Communities through Restorative Justice

About the Author :
Eugene McLaughlin is Professor of Criminology and co-director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Research. He is also a member of the Centre for Law Justice and Journalism. He completed his postgraduate criminology studies at the University of Cambridge and the University of Sheffield. Eugene has held various academic appointments including at the University of Hong Kong, the Open University and the University of Southampton. He has also been Visiting Professor at the Department of Sociology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, the Department of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. He is an associate editor of Crime, Media and Cultureand is on the editorial board of Criminal Justice Matters. He has served on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Criminology, Critical Social Policy, the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice and was co-editor of Theoretical Criminology. My research interests include gender and the police, violence and integrity and ethics in the criminal justice system. I’m also interested in ethnographic research methods, danger, fear and situations where privileged access leads to dilemmas for researchers. In the past I have published articles on police informers and the way they are regulated and the effect of this upon rights and justice. More recently I’ve completed a book about research methods in criminology. My other recent research projects have included studying women bouncers and violence in the context of social control of the night time economy (ESRC Grant reference: RES-000-23-0384-A). This project was called Women on the Door: Female Bouncers in the New Night-time Economy carried out with Professor Dick Hobbs.

Review :
"The introduction is presented in such a way that the reader is very much enticed to continue reading. This book was very worthwhile. The book′s approach to concepts, application, and challenges was appropriate."