Institutionalizing Restorative Justice

Aertsen, Ivo; Daems, Tom; Robert, Luc

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“…There has also been ample research that highlights struggles or failures to integrate RJ into existing 7 criminal justice systems without compromising restorative ideals, particularly regarding conceptual constraints of RJ practices at a macro (i.e. political, systemic and legal) level (Aertsen et al, 2006;Archibald & Llewellyn, 2006;Fellegi, 2011). However, our focus here is rather on empirical research on conceptual co-options, particularly for victims at the level of restorative practice.…”

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Co-option, coercion and compromise: challenges of restorative justice in Victoria, Australia

Suzuki

Wood

2017

Contemporary Justice Review

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Restorative justice (RJ) encompasses a widely diverging set of practices whereby those most affected by crime are encouraged to meet, to discuss the effects of harms caused by one party to another, and to agree upon the best possible redress of harms when appropriate. In its inception in the late 1970s, RJ was conceptualized and developed as an alternative to formal criminal justice practices. Since this time, however, RJ has largely moved from being an alternative to criminal justice practices to an 'alternative' practice within criminal justice systems. This institutionalization has resulted in the significant growth of RJ practices, but has also resulted in RJ being used for criminal justice system goals that are at odds with the needs of victims or offenders. This paper examines the use of the Youth Justice GroupConferencing Program in Victoria, Australia. Drawing from interviews with conference conveners, our research highlights problems related to administrative 'constraints' and 'cooptions' in conferencing in terms of referrals, preparation of conference participants, and victim participation. Following presentation of findings, we conclude with a discussion of implications for the use of RJ within a highly institutionalized setting.

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Section: Paradox Of Institutionalization Of Rj Practicesmentioning

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Co-option, coercion and compromise: challenges of restorative justice in Victoria, Australia

Suzuki

Wood

2017

Contemporary Justice Review

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“…Zo kan men pogen de impact vast te stellen op het netwerk van sociale relaties dat bij aangebrachte schade is betrokken; de bijdrage aan de ontwikkeling van pacificerende vaardigheden en waarden in de betreffende gemeenschap; de mate waarin herstelrecht de inzet van deelnemers voor andere relationele verplichtingen vergroot, zowel privaat als publiek; en de rol bij het bevorderen van zorgactiviteiten die bedoeld zijn om 'onze wereld te onderhouden, voort te zetten en te herstellen, zodat we er zo goed mogelijk in kunnen leven' (Tronto, 2015: 3). Het benadrukken van de prioriteit van relationele zorg heeft tot slot gevolgen voor de institutionalisering of 'mainstreaming' van herstelrecht, dat wil zeggen voor pogingen om het op te nemen in het formele rechtssysteem en het te onderwerpen aan bestuurlijk toezicht en het afleggen van verantwoording over professionele normen (Aertsen et al al., 2006;Woolford, 2009). Ik heb al gewezen op de bijzondere uitdagingen om zorg en compassie te institutionaliseren en de neiging van bureaucratische systemen om zorgverbintenissen te coöpteren of te corrumperen om geheel andere prestatie-indicatoren te behalen.…”

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Relationele zorgrechtvaardigheid

Marshall¹

2020

Tijdschrift Voor Herstelrecht

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“…In addition, and just as fundamentally, it aims to address a gap in knowledge, in how RJ expands from local to national public policy. Of the studies that do cover implementation of RJ (Aertsen et al, 2012; Blad, 2012: 97; Dignan, 2000; Van Ness and Strong, 2015: 49, 133–147), there is little reference to issues of legal culture (Friedman, 1997; for exceptions, see Dignan and Cavadino, 1996; Shapland, 2011). An analysis of Chile, where the legal culture has elements analogous to or drawn from both civil and common legal jurisdictions, offers a novel setting to interrogate models of RJ that are largely studied in specifically civil legal (e.g.…”

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Restorative justice and legal culture

Gude

Papic

2018

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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This article explores the question of how to expand restorative justice as a national policy in a country underrepresented by the literature. We maintain that considering legal culture is essential. We identify restorative justice traditions that are characteristic of civil law and common law legal systems, respectively, and compare them with a case study belonging to the former system. We argue that restorative justice practices are shaped by the legal culture, political tradition and criminal justice identity of the system where they develop. We suggest an approach to transferring restorative justice practices based on comparative criminology, restorative justice traditions and legal culture, making a theoretical contribution to the field, as well as having practical implications at the level of public policy design.

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Institutionalizing Restorative Justice

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Co-option, coercion and compromise: challenges of restorative justice in Victoria, Australia

Co-option, coercion and compromise: challenges of restorative justice in Victoria, Australia

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