Restorative Justice for Juveniles: Conferencing, Mediation and Circles

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Internationally, there is now an acceptance of the need to develop new strategies in criminal justice which reflect restorative justice principles. At the same time, theory, research and practice in restorative justice is making rapid advances. This book provides an up-to-date and critical account of recent developments. It describes the practice of restorative justice with respect to young offenders in a number of jurisdictions - Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, South Africa, the United States and various continental European countries. Research findings on the three most common formats - conferencing, victims offender mediation and circles - are presented. Critical issues for the future development of restorative justice are identified. Two main themes run through the collection - the potential of restorative processes to transform criminal justice processes and the potential for aboriginal or indigenous communities to impact on conventional processes. Contributors include active researchers and leading theorists from around the world.

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these papers not only provide optimism for the future, but practical advice for those desiring to create restorative measures as a response to harm and the needs of those affected by harm. The editors not only helpfully connect the papers, but provide an exceptional synthesis and useful commentary on the best practices emergent from the contributors' research and insights. exceptional set of papers authors, their analyses are excellent. -- Larry L. Tifft, Central Michigan University, USA * Howard Journal of Criminal Justice *
This publication provides an up-to-date and critical account of recent developments in the rapidly advancing field of restorative justice... This is a thought provoking collection of papers from researchers and leading theorists from around the world. It will be of interest to all those who work in the youth justice field. * ChildRIGHT *

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Allison Morris was formerly Professor of Criminology at the Victoria University,Wellington, New Zealand. Gabrielle Maxwell is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Criminology at Victoria University in New Zealand.