Understanding Restorative Justice: How Empathy Can Close the Gap Created by Crime

ISBN-13: 9781447317425 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 224 str.

Pete Wallis

Opis

This book offers a clear and detailed introduction to the ways that restorative justice can be used to nurture empathy, exploring such key themes as responsibility, shame, forgiveness, and closure. It uses numerous case studies to explore the timeline of restorative justice, from an initial offense, through the criminal justice process, then into the heart of the restorative meeting and beyond. It will serve as the perfect introduction for those new to restorative justice, as well as a best practices guide for acting practitioners.

Spis treści

Introduction Part One: Empathy Level Zero: Hurting; Crime and unhappiness; The gap caused by crime; Part Two: Empathy Level One: Seeing; Entering the criminal justice system; Into the criminal courts; Part Three: Empathy Level Two: Voicing; Unripe restorative justice; Restorative enquiry; The keys and blocks to restorative justice; Choice, encouragement or coercion?; Part Four: Empathy Level Three: Hearing; Indirect restorative justice; The restorative meeting; Part Five: Empathy Level Four: Helping; 'Doing sorry'; Does it always go so well?; Part Six: Empathy Level Five: Healing; Into the heart of restorative justice; Conclusion.