Security, With Care

Restorative Justice and Healthy Societies

Elizabeth M. Elliott

Restorative justice, as it exists in Canada and the U.S., has been co-opted and regulated to the sidelines of the dominant criminal justice system.  Elizabeth M. Elliott argues that restorative justice cannot be actualized solely within the criminal justice system.  If it isn’t who we are the the policies will be be sustainable.  Restorative justice must be more than a program within the current system-it must be a new paradigm for responding to harm and conflict.

Contents

Preface/Introduction/The march of folly/”If punishment worked, I’d be Saint Andrew”/Justice as a human problem/Restorative justice: a vision of the good/Restorative justice and the retributivelegal context/Values and processes:”Being the Change”/The geometry of individuals and relationships/Psychology of restorative justice: the shame of being yourself/Psychology of restorative justice:trauma and healing/Restorative justice as community development and harm/Prevention/Conclusion/References/Index

About the Author

Elizabeth M. Elliott is an associate professor and co-director of the Centre for Restorative Justice at the School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University.