Restorative Justice and Family ViolenceHeather Strang, John Braithwaite This 2002 book addresses one of the most controversial topics in restorative justice: its potential for dealing with conflicts within families. Most restorative justice programs specifically exclude family violence as an appropriate offence to be dealt with this way. This book focuses on the issues in family violence that may warrant special caution about restorative justice, in particular, feminist and indigenous concerns. At the same time it looks for ways of designing a place for restorative interventions that respond to these concerns. Further, it asks whether there are ways that restorative processes can contribute to reducing and preventing family violence, to healing its survivors and to confronting the wellsprings of this violence. The book discusses the shortcomings of the present criminal justice response to family violence. It suggests that these shortcomings require us to explore other ways of addressing this apparently intractable problem. |
Contents
Restorative Justice and Family Violence | 1 |
Restorative Values and Confronting Family Violence | 23 |
Domestic Violence and Womens Safety Feminist Challenges to Restorative Justice | 42 |
Sexual Assault and Restorative Justice | 62 |
Children and Family Violence Restorative Messages from New Zealand | 89 |
Feminist Praxis Making Family Group Conferencing Work | 108 |
Transformative Justice AntiSubordination Processes in Cases of Domestic Violence | 128 |
Balance in the Response to Family Violence Challenging Restorative Principles | 153 |
Lessons from the Mediation Obsession Ensuring that Sentencing Alternatives Focus on Indigenous SelfDetermination | 178 |
Restorative Justice and Aboriginal Family Violence Opening a Space for Healing | 191 |
Using Restorative Justice Principles to Address Family Violence in Aboriginal Communities | 206 |
Domestic Violence and Restorative Justice Initiatives Who Pays if We Get it Wrong? | 223 |
References | 249 |
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