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Restorative Justice and Criminal Justice

Author: Andrew von Hirsch; Julian Roberts; Anthony E. Bottoms; Kent Roach; Mara Schiff
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781841135182
Published In: July 2004
Format: Paperback , 360 pages
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Restorative justice has emerged around the world as a potent challenge to traditional models of criminal justice, and restorative programmes, policies and legislative reforms are being implemented in many Western nations. However, the underlying aims, values and limits of this paradigm remain somewhat uncertain and those advocating restorative justice have rarely engaged in systematic debate with those defending more traditional conceptions of criminal justice.

This volume, containing contributions from international scholars, provides an analytic exploration of restorative justice and its potential advantages and disadvantages. Chapters of the book examine the aims and limiting principles that should govern restorative justice, its appropriate scope of application, its social and legal contexts, its practice and impact in a number of jurisdictions and its relation to more traditional criminal-justice conceptions.

The contributions should help clarify the aims that restorative justice might reasonably hope to achieve, the limits that should apply in pursuing these aims and how restorative strategies might comport with, or replace, other penal strategies.

Andrew von Hirsch is Honorary Professor of Penal Theory and Penal Law,and Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, at the University of Cambridge.
Julian V Roberts is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford.
Anthony E Bottoms is the Wolfson Professor of Criminology at the University of Cambridge and Associate Director of the Centre for Penal Theory and Penal Ethics.
Mara Schiff is Professor of Criminal Justice at Florida Atlantic University, Fort Lauderdale.
Kent Roach is a Professor of Law at the University of Toronto.

'Discussions of restorative justice as a complement to or alternate to criminal or retributive justice remain in their infancy, yet this collection assures that this critically important discussion moves forward. These thought-provoking essays on a timely topic need to be read by people in the punishment business. Summing up: Highly recommended.'
MA Foley, Marywood University, December 2003.

'This book is essential reading for anybody interested in the development of restorative justice and the future of criminal justice. Each contribution is significant and well written.'
Gerry Johnstone, in the Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, February 2004

'One of the strengths of this collection is the way it places restorative justice developments in context. In this publication, and the earlier 'Restorative Justice for Juveniles: Conferencing, Mediation and Circles', Hart Publishing establishes a reputation for publishing some of the best, and most thoughtful, material on restorative justice.'
Declan Roche, in the British Journal of Sociology, January 2004