Type:	Non-Fiction
Title:	Restorative justice and violence against women
Authors:	Ptacek, James
Keywords:	Restorative justice
Year:	2010
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Notes:	Despite significant accomplishments over the past 35 years, antiviolence activists know that justice for most abused women remains elusive. Most victims do not call the police or seek help from the courts, making it crucial to identify new ways for survivors to find justice. This path-breaking book examines new justice practices for victims that are being used in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. These informal, dialogue-based practices, referred to as "restorative justice," seek to decrease the role of the state in responding to crime, and increase the involvement of communities in meeting the needs of victims and offenders. Restorative justice is most commonly used to address youth crimes and is generally not recommended or disallowed for cases of rape, domestic violence, and child sexual abuse. Nevertheless, restorative practices are beginning to be used to address violent crime. Restorative Justice and Violence Against Women considers both the dangers and potential benefits of using restorative justice in response to these crimes. The contributors include antiviolence activists and scholars from the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Some are strongly in favor of using restorative practices in these cases, some are strongly opposed, and many lie somewhere in between. Their chapters introduce a range of perspectives on alternative justice practices, offering rich descriptions of new programs that combine restorative justice with feminist antiviolence approaches. Controversial and forward-thinking, this volume presents a much-needed analysis of restorative justice practices in cases of violence against women. Advocates, community activists, and scholars will find the theoretical perspectives and vivid case descriptions presented here to be invaluable tools for creating new ways for abused women to find justice. Copyright ? 2010 by Oxford University Press
Contents:	Resisting co-optation: three feminist challenges to antiviolence work The role of restorative justice in the battered women's movement Aboriginal women and political pursuit in Canadian sentencing circles: at cross roads or cross purposes? A community of one's own? When women speak to power about restorative justice Restorative justice, gendered violence, and indigenous women Restorative justice for domestic and family violence: hopes and fears of indigenous and non-indigenous Australian women Restorative justice and youth violence toward parents Opening conversations across cultural, gender, and generational divides: family and community engagement to stop violence against women and children Alternative interventions to intimate violence: defining political and pragmatic challenges Restorative justice for acquaintance rape and misdemeanor sex crimes Restorative justice and gendered violence in New Zealand: a glimmer of hope Beyond restorative justice: radical organizing against violence Re-imagining justice for crimes of violence against women
URI:	https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/11398
ISBN:	9780195335484
Physical description:	xviii, 292 p. ; 25 cm.
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