Restorative Justice and Family Violence - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521521653 ISBN 13: 9780521521659

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

This 2002 book addresses one of the most controversial topics in restorative justice: its potential for dealing with conflicts within families. Most restorative justice programs specifically exclude family violence as an appropriate offence to be dealt with this way. This book focuses on the issues in family violence that may warrant special caution about restorative justice, in particular, feminist and indigenous concerns. At the same time it looks for ways of designing a place for restorative interventions that respond to these concerns. Further, it asks whether there are ways that restorative processes can contribute to reducing and preventing family violence, to healing its survivors and to confronting the wellsprings of this violence. The book discusses the shortcomings of the present criminal justice response to family violence. It suggests that these shortcomings require us to explore other ways of addressing this apparently intractable problem.

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Review:

'... all contributions provide intelligent commentaries on this troubled field of practice. Read together, they provide a critical discourse on restorative justice when it is applied in family violence cases, expanding the reader's understanding about this complex set of issues. This book has relevance for lawyers, police workers, and policy makers; as well, family counsellors and human service workers need to read this book.' Journal of Family Studies

Book Description:

This 2002 book addresses one of the most controversial topics in restorative justice: its potential for dealing with conflicts within families. This book focuses on the issues in family violence that may warrant special caution about restorative justice, in particular, feminist and indigenous concerns.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0521521653
• ISBN 13: 9780521521659
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 302
• Editor: Strang Heather