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Restorative Justice and Violence Against Women (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,616
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Restorative Justice and Violence Against Women (Hardcover)

James Ptacek

Series: Interpersonal Violence

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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.

General

Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: Interpersonal Violence
Release date: November 2009
First published: November 2009
Editors: James Ptacek
Dimensions: 242 x 165 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-533548-4
Categories: Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Criminal law
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > Sexual abuse
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Violence in society > Domestic violence
LSN: 0-19-533548-1
Barcode: 9780195335484

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