Advocates of restorative justice argue the process offers significant benefits for participants after crime including emotional restoration. Critics point to concerns including the potential for victims to be re-victimised and offenders to be verbally abused by victims. Whether or not restorative justice should be made more widely available in cases of severe violence remains controversial. Drawing from 40 in-depth interviews with victims and offenders, across 23 completed cases concerning post-sentencing matters for adults following severe crime, we map the sequence of emotion felt by victims and offenders at four points in time: before, during and after the conference (both immediately and five years later). The findings provide insight into what emotions are felt and how they are perceived across time. We discuss the role of emotion in cases of violent crime and offer a fresh perspective on what emotional restoration actually means within effective conference processes at the post-sentencing stage. |
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On being ‘good sad’ and other conundrums: mapping emotion in post sentencing restorative justice |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 3 2019 |
Keywords | Post-sentencing restorative justice, emotion, victim-offender conferencing, violent crime, victims |
Authors | Jasmine Bruce and Jane Bolitho |
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From restorative to transformative justice: the relevance of therapeutic jurisprudence for restorative justice |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 3 2019 |
Authors | Jo-Anne Wemmers |
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Conversations on restorative justice |
A talk with Karin Sten Madsen |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 3 2019 |
Authors | Albert Dzur |
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Restorative justice, anger, and the transformative energy of forgiveness |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 3 2019 |
Keywords | Restorative justice, ritual, anger, apology, forgiveness |
Authors | Meredith Rossner |
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Restorative justice has long been positioned as a justice mechanism that prioritises emotion and its expression. It is also unique in its ritual elements, such as the ritualized expression of anger and the symbolic exchange of apology and forgiveness. This paper draws on insights from research and practice in restorative justice and recent developments in criminology/legal theory and the philosophy of justice to suggest some ways that the broader criminal justice landscape can incorporate elements of successful restorative justice rituals into its practice. I argue that the unique elements of restorative justice- its ability to harness anger into a deliberative ritual for victims and offenders, its focus on symbolic reparations, and its ability to engender a form of forward-looking forgiveness that promotes civility- can provide a framework for rethinking how criminal justice institutions operate. |
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Criminal deterrence theory: the history, myths & realities. |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 3 2019 |
Authors | Jacques Claessen |
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Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 2 2019 |
Authors | Marian Liebmann |
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Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 2 2019 |
Authors | Chris Straker |
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Reconciliation potential of Rwandans convicted of genocide |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 2 2019 |
Keywords | Rwanda, genocide, perpetrators, posttraumatic stress, reconciliation |
Authors | Kevin Barnes-Ceeney, Laurie Leitch and Lior Gideon |
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This study examines the reconciliation potential of Rwandans incarcerated for the crime of genocide. Utilising survey data from 302 male and female prisoners incarcerated in the Rwandan Correctional System, this study explores genocide perpetrators’ depression, anxiety, anger-hostility and somatic symptoms, levels of posttraumatic stress, degree of social support and attitudes towards unity and reconciliation. The data demonstrate that engaging in killing can have deep psychological impacts for genocide perpetrators. The data indicate that although more than two decades have passed since the genocide, perpetrators are experiencing high levels of genocide-related posttraumatic suffering. Perpetrators are persistently re-experiencing genocide, purposefully avoiding thoughts and memories of the genocide, and experiencing physical and emotional arousal and reactivity. The sample had a strong desire for all Rwandans to live in peace and unity. There is, however, an urgent need for physical and mental health interventions, as well as services that facilitate the rebuilding of family relationships well in advance of release. Improving the physical and mental well-being of both perpetrators of the genocide and victims can only be a positive development as Rwanda continues to build a unified, reconciled and resilient future. |
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Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 2 2019 |
Authors | Grazia Mannozzi |
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Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 2 2019 |
Authors | Lies Van Cleynenbreugel |
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Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 2 2019 |
Authors | Tim Read and Chris Straker |
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Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 2 2019 |
Authors | Jenny Saywood |
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Looking beneath the iceberg: can shame and pride be handled restoratively in cases of workplace bullying |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 2 2019 |
Keywords | Bullying, victimisation, shame management, pride management, social connectedness |
Authors | Valerie Braithwaite and Eliza Ahmed |
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Central to restorative justice interventions that follow revised reintegrative shaming theory (Ahmed, Harris, Braithwaite & Braithwaite, 2001) is individual capacity to manage shame and pride in safe and supportive spaces. From a random sample of 1,967 Australians who responded to a national crime survey, 1,045 completed a module about bullying experiences at work over the past year, along with measures of shame and pride management (the MOSS-SASD and MOPS scales). Those who identified themselves as having bullied others were pride-focused, not shame-focused. They were more likely to express narcissistic pride over their work success, lauding their feats over others, and were less likely to express humble pride, sharing their success with others. In contrast, victims were defined by acknowledged and displaced shame over work task failures. In addition to these personal impediments to social reintegration, those who bullied and those targeted had low trust in others, particularly professionals. While these findings do not challenge macro interventions for culture change through more respectful and restorative practices, they provide a basis for setting boundaries for the appropriate use of restorative justice meetings to address particular workplace bullying complaints. |
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La giustizia riparativa: formanti, parole, e metodi |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 2 2019 |
Authors | Brunilda Pali |
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Conversation on restorative justice |
A talk with Rama Mani |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 1 2019 |
Authors | Albert Dzur |
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Teaching restorative practices through games: an experiential and relational restorative pedagogy |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 1 2019 |
Keywords | restorative pedagogy, games, teaching, experiential learning |
Authors | Lindsey Pointer and Kathleen McGoey |
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This article argues for the use of games as an effective and dynamic way to teach restorative practices. Grounded in an understanding of restorative pedagogy, a paradigm of teaching in alignment with restorative values and principles, as well as experiential learning strategies, this article introduces games as a way for students to experience and more deeply understand restorative practices while building relationships and skills. Personal accounts of the authors about the impact of using games to teach restorative practices in their own communities are also included. |
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Restorative justice capacities in Middle Eastern culture and society: towards a hybrid model of juvenile justice in Palestine |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 1 2019 |
Keywords | Hybrid model, restorative justice, non-state justice, Palestine, Middle East |
Authors | Mutaz Qafisheh and Ali Wardak |
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Alongside the state juvenile justice system, various forms of non-state justice providers are strongly prevalent in Palestine. Although the state juvenile justice has evolved into a modern system, it lacks adequate human, professional and infrastructural capacities to provide effective justice to all children. This field research has identified key non-state justice providers in Palestine and reveals that they are more accessible and speedy and also place more emphasis on peacemaking and reconciliation than the state justice system. It also reveals that in the processes of justice dispensation, occasional violation of children’s rights takes place within some of the male-dominated non-state justice providers. In order to minimise rights violation, while capitalising on the restorative capacities of non-state justice providers, a ‘hybrid model of juvenile justice in Palestine’ has been developed and is proposed. It is argued in this article that the ‘hybrid model’ not only promises to provide a coherent framework of links between Palestinian state juvenile justice and non-state justice providers, but also has the capacity to minimise rights violation through proposed internal and external oversight mechanisms. It is further maintained that translating the hybrid model into practice may result in the provision of more accessible, inclusive and restorative juvenile justice to all children in Palestine. |
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Dutch developments: restorative justice in legislation and in practice |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 1 2019 |
Authors | Annemieke Wolthuis, Jacques Claessen, Gert Jan Slump e.a. |
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The attitudes of prisoners towards participation in restorative justice procedures |
Journal | The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Issue 1 2019 |
Keywords | Restorative justice, prisons, incarceration, punishment |
Authors | Inbal Peleg-Koriat and Dana Weimann-Saks |
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Restorative justice can be implemented at different stages of criminal proceedings. In Israel, restorative justice processes are mainly used prior to sentencing, while there are no restorative programmes for adults following sentencing and while serving their prison sentences. The aim of the present study is to examine the possibility of implementing restorative processes within prison walls. To this end, the present study empirically investigates the level of readiness and willingness of prisoners (n = 110) from two large prisons in Israel to participate in restorative processes and examines the psychological mechanisms underlying their attitudes towards actual participation in these processes. The study proposes a model according to which the relationship between the cognitive component of attitude towards victims and the harm caused by the offence (beliefs and thoughts) and the behavioural component of attitude (the inclination to participate in restorative processes) is mediated by the affective component of attitude towards the offence (sense of guilt and shame). The findings of the study support the proposed model. The study also found that the more prisoners perceived the harm they caused as having more dimensions (physical, economic, emotional), the more positive their attitudes towards restorative justice would be. This study will advance research into restorative justice at a stage that has not previously been researched in Israel and has rarely been investigated elsewhere. |