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Record ID: ba6f818f-b0da-49b3-9408-920bee7fb0fd
Type: Journal Article
Title: Relations of Domination and Subordination: Challenges for Restorative Justice in Response to Domestic Violence
Other Titles: University of New South Wales Law Journal
Authors: Stubbs, Julie
Year: 2010
Citation: Vol.: 33
Notes:  Non-domination is said to be a core value of Restorative Justice ('RJ'), but if
we acknowledge that asymmetrical social relations position people differently,
and 'shape what can be known, thought and said',2 what are the implications forRJ practices? Canadian sociologist Sherene Razack has examined 'how relations
of domination and subordination stubbornly regulate encounters in classrooms
and courtrooms';3 I wish to extend this analysis to other rooms, including thosethat are the settings for RJ. This is an important focus for inquiry since
proponents of RJ commonly suggest that it offers advantages over conventional
criminal justice – especially for victims of crime. Yet we know relatively little
about how differential social relations play out within the dynamics of restorative
processes, and in turn how they may shape the meanings that emerge. In the
current Australian context, law reform bodies have been considering whether RJ
processes provide an answer to some of the failings of conventional criminal
justice in responding to family violence or sexual offences.4 In this article Iexamine these issues through the lens of gendered violence, with particular reference to domestic violence and sexual assault, as a means of displacing the
approach common in much RJ literature of working with an undifferentiated
concept of victim (offender and offence).5






Relations of Domination and Subordination reference to domestic violence and sexual assault, as a means of displacing the approach common in much RJ literature of working with an undifferentiated concept of victim (offender and offence).5
URI: https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/16583
Physical description: Pages 970
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