Ivo Aertsen

Brunilda Pali

Theories and practices of justice do not meet the socio-political challenges of our times. For those theorists attempting to develop an alternative to the criminal justice system, restorative justice has provided an alternative horizon. The restorative justice approach involves meeting people, understanding and recognising their vulnerability through participatory and deliberative forums and practices. The aim of this collection is to bridge the distance between restorative justice and the critical theory tradition. It, on the one hand, takes into account the limits of restorative justice as they have been articulated, or can be articulated through critical social theory, and on the other hand emphasises the ground-breaking potential that restorative justice can bring to this tradition as a way to address crimes, conflicts and injustices, and to pursue justice.

Critical Restorative Justice

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: doing restorative justice in intercultural contexts -- 1 Difference as culture: roots and implications of a mode of framing -- 2 Mapping the cultural turn in (in)security discourses: highlighting the path for restorative justice -- 3 In the name of security: justice under threat or restored? -- 4 Restorative justice: doing justice and security? -- 5 Restorative justice and urban citizenship: a comparative dialogue between Vienna and Brussels -- 6 Counteracting social exclusion through restorative approaches -- 7 Reimagining security and justice in post-conflict societies through restorative lenses -- 8 Security and justice in transition: restorative justice and the politics of hope in Northern Ireland -- 9 Community in conflict in intercultural contexts and how restorative justice can respond -- 10 Critical reflections on active participation under new governance models -- 11 Restorative justice in the societies of control: the ambivalence of decentralised state control in participative justice processes -- 12 Looking at the European policy level: the place of restorative justice in intercultural environments -- Conclusion: restorative justice - a tool for conviviality -- Index

Restoring Justice and Security in Intercultural Europe

Luc Robert

Tom Daems

This new book aims to explore the key issues and debates surrounding the question of the incorporation and institutionalisation of restorative justice within existing penal and criminal justice systems, an increasingly pressing issue given the rapid spread of restorative justice worldwide at both national and international levels. In doing so it aims to build bridges between those concerned with the practical institutionalisation of restorative justice on the one hand, and those engaged in more theoretical aspects of penal development and analysis on the other. It offers conceptual tools and a theoretical framework to help make sense of these developments, reflecting expertise drawn from analysis of developments in Europe, North America and Australasia.

Institutionalizing Restorative Justice

Inge Vanfraechem

To understand how people experience justice and security is a challenging task in times of unrest, marked by growing perceptions of insecurity, discrimination and uncertainty. The European project ALTERNATIVE aimed to understand justice and security experiences related to conflicts in intercultural settings, when citizens are given the means to actively contribute to these processes. This book relates how the project was set up as an action research through the concrete description of four action sites: social housing estates in Vienna, Austria; a small community in Hungary with a Roma population; three border towns in Serbia; and three communities in Northern Ireland. These four sites have been compared through an innovative methodology, which leads to a deeper understanding of the impact of participatory and restorative justice oriented processes, and - in a more general way - of what action research may entail in the criminological field. Bringing together researchers and case studies from around Europe, this book examines the scientific potential of action research as a methodology in criminal justice settings. This book is one of two volumes resulting from the work by a group of researchers in six European countries having cooperated intensively during four years in ALTERNATIVE, an action research project funded under the EU Seventh Framework Programme.

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