TY - JOUR
T1 - A practice framework for restorative justice
AU - Kirkwood, Steve
N1 - Funding Information:
I would like to thank Prof Tony Ward for inviting me to write this manuscript, and Dr. Derek Brookes, Dr. Estelle Zinsstag, Rania Hamad, Gael Cochrane and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments on an earlier draft. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021
PY - 2022/3/16
Y1 - 2022/3/16
N2 - Restorative justice offers a distinct approach for responding to moral harm. Its core values emphasise voluntariness, safety, inclusion, dignity, respect, responsibility, accountability, truth-telling and honesty. It focuses on addressing harm, offering people who have committed or been harmed by crime the opportunity to safely discuss the nature and consequences of the offence, ask questions and offer answers, and agree what ought to be done to make amends and avoid further harm. This article synthesises, critically discusses, and maps out the connections between values, principles, knowledge assumptions and practice guidelines to offer a practice framework for restorative justice. The framework specifies the distinctions between dialogue and deliberation in restorative justice practice, explores the role of restorative justice in enabling reparation, rehabilitation, desistance and recovery, and critically reflects on the importance of context in relation to restorative justice and practice frameworks more generally.
AB - Restorative justice offers a distinct approach for responding to moral harm. Its core values emphasise voluntariness, safety, inclusion, dignity, respect, responsibility, accountability, truth-telling and honesty. It focuses on addressing harm, offering people who have committed or been harmed by crime the opportunity to safely discuss the nature and consequences of the offence, ask questions and offer answers, and agree what ought to be done to make amends and avoid further harm. This article synthesises, critically discusses, and maps out the connections between values, principles, knowledge assumptions and practice guidelines to offer a practice framework for restorative justice. The framework specifies the distinctions between dialogue and deliberation in restorative justice practice, explores the role of restorative justice in enabling reparation, rehabilitation, desistance and recovery, and critically reflects on the importance of context in relation to restorative justice and practice frameworks more generally.
KW - restorative justice
KW - practice frameworks
KW - moral repair
U2 - 10.1016/j.avb.2021.101688
DO - 10.1016/j.avb.2021.101688
M3 - Article
SN - 1359-1789
JO - Aggression and Violent Behavior
JF - Aggression and Violent Behavior
M1 - 101688
ER -