Doing Justice Better
The Politics of Restorative Justice
Published on 1. July 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-904380-34-4 (ISBN)
Description
Escalating resort to prisons, longer sentences, overcrowded and ineffective regimes, high rates of re-offending and eclectic penal policy all combine to fuel this crisis, whilst failing to reduce offending. In this new book, David J Cornwell, author of the acclaimed "Criminal Punishment and Restorative Justice" (ISBN 9781904380207), argues that the symptoms of this penal malaise are grounded in media sensationalism of crime and the need of politicians and their advisers to retain electoral credibility. Change is long overdue, but it requires a fresh, contemporary penology based on Restorative Justice. This book challenges the status quo, asks 'different questions' and places victims of crime at the centre of the criminal justice process.
Reviews / Votes
'This book offers a sustained argument for restorative justice, and should be heeded by politicians and practitioners alike. Whether either have the courage to take this way of thinking remains to be seen': Internet Law Book Reviews. 'The reader is challenged to ask different questions about "true justice" in a book which provides true food for thought in well argued fashion': The Justices' Clerk'David Cornwell seeks to drill down into [the key] issues. This book identifies the organizational stresses and strains, the target-setting, the policy "blips" and all the problems of trying to bring radical change to our criminal justice system': Sir Charles Pollard QPM Director, Restorative Solutions, former Chief Constable, Thames Valley Police Service 'An important and timely contribution to the literature': Mark S Umbreit. 'One of the leading writers in the [restorative justice] campaign... intelligent and helpful... an urgent call to action particularly about the penal crisis which hangs permanently over this country's head': Justice of the PeaceMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Winchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-904380-34-4 (9781904380344)
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E-Book
08/2007
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Waterside Press
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Persons
David Cornwell is a criminologist and former prison governor with extensive experience of operational practice and consultancy within both state and privately managed sectors of correctional administration in a number of countries worldwide. His first book, Criminal Punishment and Restorative Justice, was published by Waterside Press in 2006
Content
CONTENTSAcknowledgementsDedicationPrefaceForeword by Mark S. Umbreit, PhDIntroductionThe Need for this Book'Restorative Justice' and 'Community Justice': A Recipe for Confusion?The Necessity for ChangeThe Politics of Justice: A British Perspective'Instrumentalism' in Criminal JusticeThe Structure of this BookDoing Justice Better: What Restorative Justice ProposesChapter1. The Politics of Restorative Justice, Critique, Analysis And the Basis of the Discussion Sketching the Contemporary BackgroundThe Motivation for ChangeThe Challenge of Restorative Justice2. Making Justice Restorative: The Need for a New PenologyStarting to Think the UnthinkableWhy a New Penology?The Need for a New Concept of RehabilitationThe Demands of Restorative Justice on OffendersThe Demands of Restorative Justice on Victims and CommunitiesThe Demands of Restorative Justice on Legal SystemsUnlocking the Door to a New Penology3. Victims' Voices: The Place of Victims in a Restorative Justice SettingSome Preliminary ObservationsCrime as the Creator of ObligationsCrime Violates Victims and CommunitiesThe Mythical Nature of Victim's RightsObligations Involve 'Putting Things Right'Victim Participation in Criminal Justice ProcessesWhy Victims Matter4. Penal Politics, Reparation and Restoration: Towards a Pragmatic PositionThe Contemporary Politics of Criminal JusticePolitics, Power and Penological RhetoricRetribution and Reparation: Penetrating the Linguistic MazeReparation, Restoration and Reintegration: Virtue out of NecessityReparation and Restoration: A Bridge Too Far?Towards a New Image of Corrections5. Making Prisons Reparative and Restorative: Designing for Outcomes in Custodial CorrectionsA Very Uncertain Starting PointThe Legacy of the PenitentiaryChanging the Ethos and Social Purpose of PrisonsThe Concept of Reparative PrisonsDesigning Prison Facilities for Reparative OutcomesOperating Regimes for Reparative OutcomesMaking Prisons Community-FriendlyAccommodating the Unrepentant and Incorrigible:A Different Approach to Custodial Corrections6. Community Justice: The Potential for Expanding Non-Custodial CorrectionsThe Politics of Community Penology: Preliminary ObservationsChanging Public Attitudes and Punishment RhetoricMaking Community Corrections CredibleThe Coulsfield Report 2004, and Rethinking Crime and PunishmentHalliday and Punishment in the Community: Confusion and CompromiseThe Finnish Perspective and its ImplicationsCommunity Corrections in a 'Cul-de-Sac'Can Restorative Justice Resolve this Impasse?7. Doing Justice Better: Making Restorative Justice WorkShifting the Criminal Justice ParadigmRestorative Justice Poses Different QuestionsThinking Differently about Crime and PunishmentProcedural ConsiderationsVictim Inclusiveness: The Hallmark of Restorative JusticeReparation and Pragmatism: Means Towards EndsReparative Custody: Socially Responsible ExclusionPurposeful Community PenologyMoving Towards 'Joined-Up' CorrectionsConclusionPostscriptBibliographyIndex