Restorative Justice in the United States

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Legal Topics.

Amnesty and Pardon; Comparative Criminal Law and Enforcement: Preliterate Societies; Informal Dispositions; Punishment; Rehabilitation; Retributivism; Sentencing: Alternatives; Victims’ Rights.

Sentencing; Victims of Crime.

Further Reading (Books)

Bazemore, G., and Umbreit, M. S. “Rethinking the Sanctioning Function in Juvenile Court: Retributive or Restorative Responses to Youth Crime.” Crime & Delinquency 41, no. 3 (1995): 296_316.

Bazemore, G., and Walgrave, L. Restorative Juvenile Justice: Repairing the Harm of Youth Crime. Monsey, N.Y.: Criminal Justice Press, 1999.

Braithwaite, John. “Restorative Justice.” Crime & Justice: A Review of Research 25 (1999): 1_127.

Galaway, B., and Hudson, J. Restorative Justice: An International Perspective. Monsey, N.Y.: Criminal Justice Press, 1996.

Nugent, W. R.; Umbreit, M. S.; Wiinamaki, L.; and Paddock, J. B. “Participation in Victim-Offender Mediation and Re-Offense: Successful Replications?” Journal of Research on Social Work Practice 11, no. 1 (2000): 5_23.

Umbreit, M. S. The Handbook on Victim Offender Mediation: An Essential Guide for Practice and Research. San Francisco, Calif.: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 2001.

Victim Meets Offender: The Impact of Restorative Justice & Mediation. Monsey, N.Y.: Criminal Justice Press, 1994.

“The Development and Impact of Victim-Offender Mediation in the United States.” Mediation Quarterly 12, no. 3 (1995): 263_276.

Mediating Interpersonal Conflicts: A Pathway to Peace. West Concord, Minn.: CPI Publishing, 1995.

Further Reading (Books 2)

“Humanistic Mediation: A Transformative Journey of Peacemaking.” Mediation Quarterly 14, no. 3 (1997): 201_213.

Umbreit, M. S., and Coates, R. B. “Cross-Site Analysis of Victim Offender Mediation in Four States.” Crime & Delinquency 39, no. 4 (1993): 565_585.

Umbreit, M. S.; Coates, R. B.; and Roberts, A. W. “The Impact of Victim-Offender Mediation: A Cross-National Perspective.” Mediation Quarterly 17, no. 3 (2000): 215_229.

Umbreit, M. S., and Greenwood, J. “National Survey of Victim Offender Mediation Programs in the United States.” Mediation Quarterly 16, no. 3 (1999): 235_251.

Van Ness, D., and Strong, K. Restoring Justice. Cincinnati, Ohio: Anderson Publishing Company, 1997.

Wright, M. Justice for Victims and Offenders. Philadelphia, Pa.: Open University Press, 1991.

Zehr, H. Changing Lenses, A New Focus for Crime and Justice. Scottsdale, Pa.: Herald Press, 1990.

Further Reading (Articles)

Restorative Justice Past and Future, States News Service; November 22, 2013

Restorative justice, a more effective way of dealing with crime.(NEWS), Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); August 3, 1999; Inskip, Leonard

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS, Journal of the Institute of Justice and International Studies; January 1, 2006; Katz, Joanne

Restorative Justice for Young Offenders and Their Victims. (Juvenile Justice News), Corrections Today; February 1, 2002; Seymour, Anne Gregorie, Trudy

Restorative Justice and Practices in New Zealand: Towards a Restorative Society, New Zealand Journal of Psychology; November 1, 2008; Ward, Tony

Restorative Justice and Family Violence, The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology; February 1, 2004; Woolford, Andrew

CSC/Restorative Justice Week – ‘Wisdom Gained through Experience’, CCNMatthews Newswire; November 10, 2005

Restorative justice and the Indian community, The Circle; July 31, 2001; Desjarlait, Robert

Restorative Justice: What Is It, Can It Work, What Do Women Think?, Herizons; April 1, 2002; Coward-Yaskiw, Stephanie

Restorative justice: principles, practices, and application., The Prevention Researcher; December 1, 2007; O’Brien, Sandra Pavelka

Restorative justice an option for young offenders, Oakland Tribune; November 20, 2008; Kamika Dunlap Oakland Tribune

Revisiting Informal Justice: Restorative Justice and Democratic Professionalism, Law & Society Review; March 1, 2004; Olson, Susan M. Dzur, Albert W.

CSC/Restorative Justice Week: “Creative Partnerships, Collaborative Action”, CCNMatthews Newswire; November 9, 2006

Restorative justice instead of punishment, Oakland Tribune; May 22, 2008; Kony Kim Christina Yang

Introducing Restorative Justice: Re-Visioning Responses to Wrongdoing: Restorative Justice Asks Us to Re-Vision How We Define Wrongdoing and the Processes We Use to Right the Wrong, The Prevention Researcher; February 1, 2013; Calhoun, Avery

Supporting Restorative Justice, Manila Bulletin; November 28, 2007; Tolentino, Francis N.

Police-Referred Restorative Justice for Juveniles in Australia, Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice; August 1, 2010; Richards, Kelly Tomison, Adam

Unlikely Friends? Oprah Winfrey and Restorative Justice, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology; December 1, 2005; Richards, Kelly M.

Critique of Restorative Justice, Social Justice; September 22, 2004; Takagi, Paul Shank, Gregory

Heather Strang and John Braithwaite (eds.), Restorative Justice and Family Violence.(Book Review), The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology; February 1, 2004; Woolford, Andrew

Restorative Justice in relation to Crime and Race

Restorative Justice is included in the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (1), beginning with: Restorative justice is a peacemaking process that focuses on reducing the conflict and inequality created by the criminal justice system. Whereas the result of the traditional adversarial, offender-centered criminal justice system is the mass incarceration of minorities, nonadversarial restorative justice programs avoid this through community réintégration. Restorative justice involves the community in the process of crime control, improves relations between the victim and the offender, and constructively contributes to offender réintégration. This section examines the history and principles of restorative justice, the process and agents of restoration, and the intersection of race and restorative justice. The system of restorative justice is often understood from the context of the Native Americans’ cultural practice of healing and réintégration, also termed peacemaking. The Native American peacemaking process serves as a venue to bring together victims, offenders, and the community, to solve what is viewed as a community problem.

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Notes and References

1. Entry about Restorative Justice in the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime

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Restorative Justice in the Criminal Justice System

This section covers the topics below related with Restorative Justice :

Courts

Sentencing and Sanctions in relation with Restorative Justice

Restorative Justice orVictims of Crime

Restorative Justice

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• Courts
• Sentencing and Sanctions
• Restorative Justice orVictims of Crime
• Restorative Justice

Restorative justice in Juvenile Law

In this context, Restorative justice information is available through this American legal Encyclopedia.