Restorative Justice for Juveniles: Conferencing, Mediation and Circles

Half Title Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Foreword......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
List of Contributors......Page 9
Part 1: Setting the Scene......Page 13
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: A NEW WAY OF THINKING......Page 15
THE HISTORY OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE......Page 16
A DEFINITION OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE......Page 17
HALLMARK PROGRAMMES OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE......Page 18
EXPANSION OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE......Page 21
NEW INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS......Page 23
REFERENCES......Page 24
INTRODUCTION......Page 29
PUNISHMENT AND RESTORATION......Page 30
WHY THE DEBATE MATTERS......Page 36
ON SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN LEGAL THEORISING......Page 42
CONCLUSION......Page 45
REFERENCES......Page 46
Part 2: Describing Restorative Practices......Page 51
MEDIATION......Page 53
CONFERENCING......Page 56
CIRCLES......Page 60
CONCLUSIONS......Page 65
REFERENCES......Page 66
HOW AND WHY AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND DIFFER......Page 71
CLEARING THE GROUND: REDRESSING MISCONCEPTIONS......Page 74
JURISDICTIONAL VARIATION......Page 78
LEGISLATION AND PRACTICE IN CONTEXT......Page 80
RESEARCH ON CONFERENCING......Page 82
SAJJ RESEARCH PROJECT......Page 85
CONCLUSION......Page 91
REFERENCES......Page 93
INTRODUCTION......Page 97
CONFERENCING: THE CHANGING IMPLEMENTATIONAL CONTEXT......Page 98
DEVELOPING FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCES IN ENGLAND: THE EXPERIENCE SO FAR......Page 99
MOVES TO INTEGRATE A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE APPROACH WITHIN THE ENGLISH CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM: THE CRIME AND DISORDER ACT......Page 102
A PROFESSIONAL RESTORATIVE JUSTICE CULTURE?......Page 105
AN UNFOLDING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AGENDA?......Page 110
REFERENCES......Page 111
INTRODUCTION......Page 115
THE HISTORY OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN SOUTH AFRICA......Page 116
THE PROMOTION OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AND FAMILY GROUP CONFERENCING IN THE 1990S: POLICY, PRACTICE AND LAW REFORM......Page 119
A CONFERENCING MODEL FOR SOUTH AFRICA?......Page 128
REFERENCES......Page 130
INTRODUCTION......Page 133
BRIEF HISTORY AND SCOPE OF VICTIM OFFENDER MEDIATION......Page 134
DESCRIPTION OF VICTIM OFFENDER MEDIATION......Page 135
IMPACT OF VICTIM OFFENDER MEDIATION ON VICTIMS......Page 137
CONCLUSIONS......Page 150
REFERENCES......Page 152
PARADOXES......Page 157
PROBLEMS......Page 163
PROMISES......Page 166
REFERENCES......Page 170
THE CANADIAN SITUATION......Page 173
THE CIRCLE SENTENCING PROCESS......Page 174
IMPACT OF THE CIRCLE......Page 178
CRITICAL COMMENTARY......Page 180
CONCLUSION......Page 189
REFERENCES......Page 190
Part 3: Critical Issues in Restorative Justice......Page 193
INTRODUCTION......Page 195
RESTORING VICTIMS: MATERIAL AND EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS......Page 196
FINDINGS FROM RISE......Page 199
REFERENCES......Page 204
INTRODUCTION......Page 207
THE COMMITMENT OF THAMES VALLEY POLICE TO ACTION-RESEARCH......Page 208
POLICE POWER AND PUNISHMENT......Page 209
IS THE PROCESS THE PUNISHMENT?......Page 211
THE PUNITIVE DESIGNS OF THE POLICE?......Page 212
THE PRACTICE OF SHAMING AND DISCIPLINING......Page 214
PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY......Page 222
ARE POLICE-LED OUTCOMES DISPROPORTIONATE OR UNFAIR?......Page 228
CONCLUSION......Page 232
REFERENCES......Page 236
INDIGENOUS YOUTH OVER-REPRESENTATION......Page 239
“LAW AND ORDER” AND ABORIGINALITY......Page 241
A PROBLEM OF LEGITIMACY......Page 243
COMMUNITY CRIME PREVENTION INITIATIVES......Page 245
ABORIGINAL YOUTH: THE BLACK FOLK DEVILS......Page 247
ABORIGINAL YOUTH AND FAMILY CONFERENCING—WESTERN AUSTRALIA’SJUVENILE JUSTICE TEAMS......Page 248
MAKING RESTORATIVE JUSTICE RELEVANT: COMMUNITY HEALING ANDCUSTOMARY LAW......Page 250
REFERENCES......Page 252
INTRODUCTION......Page 255
METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN MEASURING REOFFENDING......Page 256
A MODEL FOR UNDERSTANDING REOFFENDING......Page 258
RESULTS......Page 264
REFERENCES......Page 274
Part 4: What Next for Restorative Justice......Page 277
INTRODUCTION......Page 279
DOES RESTORATIVE JUSTICE “WORK” FOR VICTIMS?......Page 280
DOES RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WORK BETTER FOR SOME KINDS OF OFFENCES AND OFFENDERS?......Page 281
ARE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROCESSES BETTER DELIVERED IN PARTICULAR LOCATIONS?......Page 282
DOES RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WORK BETTER IF IT HAS A STATUTORY BASIS?......Page 286
CAN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROCESSES ACCOMMODATE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES WITHIN JURISDICTIONS?......Page 287
CONCLUSION......Page 289
REFERENCES......Page 292
Index......Page 295