Restorative Justice: A Systematic Review of the Social Work Literature

Gumz, Edward J.; Grant, Cynthia

doi:10.1606/1044-3894.3853

“…Since the core values of RJ practice have spiritual and/or religious roots (Gumz & Grant, 2009), and religion and spirituality play a key role in the lives of many Muslims, social workers can utilize religious rituals and concepts that are culturally specific to the participants when dealing with RJ cases. To this end, social workers need to be familiar with the intersection and difference of culture, religion, and spirituality when handling RJ cases among Muslim immigrants in Western countries; because most often, it is difficult for a social worker in Western settings to differentiate what is cultural practice and what is religious rituals.…”

Section: Implications For Social Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges of implementing restorative justice for intimate partner violence: An Islamic perspective

Islam

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Suzuki

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Mazumder

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et al. 2018

Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work: Social T

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is currently recognized as a critical public health concern and a human rights issue. Not surprisingly, Muslims -a religiously and socio-culturally diverse faith-based populace -are not an exception. To address this complex area of criminal justice and social policy, some scholars advocate implementing restorative justice (RJ) approaches.While RJ approaches have been traditionally used in Islamic cultures for conflict resolutions, to date, few studies have investigated how RJ operates in dealing with IPV in Muslim countries and communities. This article explores how RJ approaches towards IPV operate in some Muslim countries/communities, and offers insights into developing culturally and religiously appropriate ways of implementing RJ in IPV situations among Muslims. Given the prevalence of IPV among Muslims, the question is particularly important and timely. Taking exclusively limited examples of RJ approaches that have been used to mediate IPV cases in Muslim countries and communities, this paper found one significant challenge in the RJ approaches among Muslims: inappropriate norms/understandings about IPV. To reduce IPV in Muslim society, it is necessary to develop treatment models and techniques that meet cultural and religious needs. This paper found that since RJ is not alien to Islamic teachings, RJ approaches can be implemented effectively in dealing with IPV among Muslims by ensuring justice and equity of the abused woman. The findings of this paper will assist policymakers, practitioners, and service providers in providing religiously and culturally appropriate care when addressing IPV issues among Muslims.

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“…Synthesizing 80 social work articles dealing with RJ, A recent systematic review concluded that the responsibilities of social workers as authors, researchers, and participants in RJ programs and practices remain significantly fairly unknown, and suggested for augmenting social work practice in RJ area (Gumz & Grant, 2009). With the core value of working with the vulnerable and suppressed populations for social justice, social workers have an excellent opportunity to be actively involved in RJ programs so that justice can be ensured for victims, offenders, communities, and their families.…”

Section: Implications For Social Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since the core values of RJ practice have spiritual and/or religious roots (Gumz & Grant, 2009), and religion and spirituality play a key role in the lives of many Muslims, social workers can utilize religious rituals and concepts that are culturally specific to the participants when dealing with RJ cases. To this end, social workers need to be familiar with the intersection and difference of culture, religion, and spirituality when handling RJ cases among active participation in dealing with RJ will minimize the gaps in the existing literature on social work practice, education, and research with Muslim population in the coming days (Husain, 2017).…”

Section: Implications For Social Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

Challenges of Implementing Restorative Justice for Intimate Partner Violence: An Islamic Perspective

Islam

¹

,

Suzuki

²

,

Mazumder

³

et al. 2018

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is currently recognized as a critical public health concern and a human rights issue. Not surprisingly, Muslims -a religiously and socio-culturally diverse faith-based populace -are not an exception. To address this complex area of criminal justice and social policy, some scholars advocate implementing restorative justice (RJ) approaches.While RJ approaches have been traditionally used in Islamic cultures for conflict resolutions, to date, few studies have investigated how RJ operates in dealing with IPV in Muslim countries and communities. This article explores how RJ approaches towards IPV operate in some Muslim countries/communities, and offers insights into developing culturally and religiously appropriate ways of implementing RJ in IPV situations among Muslims. Given the prevalence of IPV among Muslims, the question is particularly important and timely. Taking exclusively limited examples of RJ approaches that have been used to mediate IPV cases in Muslim countries and communities, this paper found one significant challenge in the RJ approaches among Muslims: inappropriate norms/understandings about IPV. To reduce IPV in Muslim society, it is necessary to develop treatment models and techniques that meet cultural and religious needs. This paper found that since RJ is not alien to Islamic teachings, RJ approaches can be implemented effectively in dealing with IPV among Muslims by ensuring justice and equity of the abused woman. The findings of this paper will assist policymakers, practitioners, and service providers in providing religiously and culturally appropriate care when addressing IPV issues among Muslims.

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“…Particularly in Canada, Native communities are increasingly bypassing the official system and managing justice processes on their own (Ross, 2006). Social workers have in recent years actively worked to bring such alternative practices into Western institutions (Gumz & Grant, 2009). …”

Section: Parallel Structuresmentioning

confidence: 99%