Restorative justice proposes that the way to address harm and crime must consider the needs of the victim, perpetrator, and broader community. It stands in opposition to our current system of retributive justice, which focuses on punishment alone. Principles of restorative justice are often rooted in, and still practiced by, Indigenous communities worldwide.
This list is meant to complement the NPEPxVI Art Exhibit on Friday, May 3rd, 2024.
After the Crime : The Power of Restorative Justice Dialogues between Victims and Violent Offenders
Susan L. Miller
Too often, the criminal justice system silences victims, which leaves them frustrated, angry, and with many unanswered questions. Despite their rage and pain, many victims want the opportunity to confront their offenders and find resolution. After the Crime explores a victim-offender dialogue program that offers victims of severe violence an opportunity to meet face-to-face with their incarcerated offenders. Using rich in-depth interview data, the book follows the harrowing stories of crimes of stranger rape, domestic violence, marital rape, incest, child sexual abuse, murder, and drunk driving, ultimately moving beyond story-telling to provide an accessible scholarly analysis of restorative justice. (From the publisher)
Restorative Justice in Practice : A Holistic Approach
Shiela Murphy and Michael Seng, editors
This collection of essays on restorative justice surveys the different contexts in which restorative justice can be utilized in the practice of law and elsewhere. Restorative justice is in itself an elusive concept and the essays show how the meaning of restorative justice can shift depending upon the needs of the parties and the community. Restorative justice is not only related to criminal law and corrections. It is related to all aspects of life and law, including civil disputes, civil rights, interpersonal relationships, and personal growth and self-awareness. Consequently, the essays roam over many fields: housing discrimination, family disputes, the war on drugs, the death penalty, juvenile courts, the law school curriculum, torture, immigration, clergy sexual abuse, international conflicts, yoga, and self-healing. The book calls for action as well as reflection. (From the publisher)
Healing Justice Lineages : Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care, and Safety
Cara Page and Erica Woodland, editors
In this anthology, Black Queer Feminist editors Cara Page and Erica Woodland guide readers through the history, legacies, and liberatory practices of healing justice—a political strategy of collective care and safety that intervenes on generational trauma from systemic violence and oppression. They call forth the ancestral medicines and healing practices that have sustained communities who have survived genocide and oppression, while radically imagining what comes next. (From the publisher)
Beyond Survival : Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Ejeris Dixon, editors
In this collection, a diverse group of authors focuses on concrete and practical forms of redress and accountability, assessing existing practices and marking paths forward. They use a variety of forms—from toolkits to personal essays—to delve deeply into the “how to” of transformative justice, providing alternatives to calling the police, ways to support people having mental health crises, stories of community-based murder investigations, and much more. At the same time, they document the history of this radical movement, creating space for long-time organizers to reflect on victories, struggles, mistakes, and transformations. (From the publisher)
Until We Reckon : Violence, Mass Incarceration, and a Road to Repair
Danielle Sered
Danielle Sered, the executive director of Common Justice and renowned expert on violence, offers pragmatic solutions that take the place of prison, meeting the needs of survivors and creating pathways for people who have committed violence to repair harm. Critically, Sered argues that reckoning is owed not only on the part of individuals who have caused violence, but also by our nation for its over-reliance on incarceration to produce safety—at a great cost to communities, survivors, racial equity, and the very fabric of our democracy. (From the publisher)
Handbook of Restorative Justice : A Global Perspective
Dennis Sullivan and Larry Tifft, editors
Thirty-eight papers comprise this guide to the theory, principles, and practices of restorative justice around the world. Papers address processes and practices such as victim-offender mediation, conferencing, and peacemaking circles; foundations of restorative justice in Navajo peacemaking, the African concept of ubuntu, religious communities, and sanctuary movements; restorative justice and the needs of victims; restorative justice applications to domestic violence, child sexual abuse, and ethnic conflict; transitional justice and gross human rights violations in Serbia, Rwanda, and the Southwest Pacific; criticisms of restorative justice from community justice, postmodernist, feminist, and other perspectives; and restorative justice and its relationship to societal structural change. (From the publisher)
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