Understanding restorative justice: How empathy can close the gap created by crimeThis unique book is a clear and detailed introduction that analyses how restorative justice nurtures empathy, exploring key themes such as responsibility, shame, forgiveness and closure. The core notion of the book is that when a crime is committed, it separates people, creating a ‘gap’. This can only be reduced or closed through information and insight about the other person, which have the potential to elicit empathy and compassion from both sides. The book explores this extraordinary journey from harm to healing using the structure of a timeline: from an offence, through the criminal justice process and into the heart of the restorative meeting. Using case studies, the book offers a fresh angle on a topic that is of growing interest both in the UK and internationally. It is ideal as a comprehensive introduction for those new to restorative justice and as a best practice guide for existing practitioners. |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Tables | 2 |
Figures | 8 |
Empathy Level Zero hurting | 13 |
two The gap caused by crime | 25 |
Empathy Level One seeing | 39 |
four Into the criminal courts | 49 |
Empathy Level Two voicing | 69 |
seven The keys and blocks to restorative justice | 89 |
eight Choice encouragement or coercion? | 101 |
Empathy Level Three hearing | 115 |
ten The restorative meeting | 125 |
Empathy Level Four helping | 149 |
thirteen Into the heart of restorative justice | 163 |
Conclusion | 193 |
six Restorative enquiry | 79 |
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anger apology asked behaviour Bethan Braithwaite burgled Cartoon caused harm Chapter Christopher Donovan commit crime court criminal justice system Crown Prosecution Service emotional Empathy Level empathy scale engage everyone’s experience explore feel better Figure forgiveness guilt happened harmed by crime hate crime healing hear Howard Zehr hurt impact insight involved justice process Kim Book lead Level of empathy London murdered offender outcome participants parties people’s perhaps perpetrator perpetrator’s person harmed person responsible person they harmed person who caused person who harmed police potential practitioner’s prison programme prosecution punishment questions recognise Referral Order reintegration reintegrative shaming remorse reparation Restorative Justice Council restorative meeting restorative practitioner restorative process sentence serious shame share simply someone Sometimes sorry St Catherine’s College story suffering talk things thinking victim empathy courses York University young person youth Youth Offending Service Youth Offending Team Zehr
Bibliographic information
| Title | Understanding restorative justice: How empathy can close the gap created by crime |
| Author | Wallis, Pete |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Policy Press, 2014 |
| ISBN | 1447317424, 9781447317425 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy |
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