1st Edition

Juvenile Justice Reform and Restorative Justice

By Gordon Bazemore, Mara Schiff Copyright 2005
400 Pages
by Willan

400 Pages
by Willan

This book, based on a large-scale research project funded by the National Institute of Justice and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, provides an overview of the restorative justice conferencing programs currently in operation in the United States, paying particular attention to the qualitative dimensions of this, based on interviews, focus groups and ethnographic observation. It provides an... Read more
Foreword by Joe Hudson and Dennis Maloney  Introduction  1. Restorative justice, restorative group conferencing, and juvenile justice  2. Principles to practice: intermediate outcomes, intervention theories, and conferencing tasks  3. Prevalence and scope of restorative decision-making: findings from a national inventory and survey on restorative conferencing for youth  4. Methodology for the qualitative study and description of conference stages and phases  5. Repairing harm in the conferencing environment  6. Stakeholder involvement in the conferencing environment  7. Community/government relationship and role transformation  8. Looking back and moving forward: conclusions, implications, and an agenda for future research.  Appendix

Biography

Gordon Bazemore is Professor of Criminology, and Chair of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, at Florida Atlantic University.

Mara Schiff is Associate Professor of Criminology at Florida Atlantic University.