The Little Book of Restorative Justice

by Zehr, Howard

• ISBN13: 9781561483761
• ISBN10: 1561483761
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Ingram Book Co

Summary

Little Book Of Restorative Justice is a Good Books publication.

Author Biography

     
     Howard Zehr is widely known as “the grandfather of restorative justice.” Since 1996 he has been Professor of Restorative Justice at the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA, an international graduate program for justice and peacebuilding practitioners. 


     Howard has published several other portrait/interview books including Doing Life: Reflections of Men and Women Serving Life Sentences and Transcending: Reflections of Crime Victims (both with Good Books). He has authored numerous other books and publications; best known are The Little Book of Restorative Justice (Good Books) and Changing Lenses: A New Focus for Crime and Justice.


     He is a frequent speaker and consultant on justice issues in North America and internationally. Zehr has also worked professionally as a photographer.

Table of Contents

An Overview	3	(16)
Why this Little Book?	5	(3)
Restorative justice is not	8	(5)
Restorative justice is concerned about needs and roles	13	(6)
Restorative Principles	19	(23)
Three pillars of restorative justice	22	(3)
The ``who'' and the ``how'' are important	25	(3)
Restorative justice aims to put things right	28	(4)
A restorative lens	32	(4)
Defining restorative justice	36	(1)
The goals of restorative justice	37	(1)
Guiding questions of restorative justice	38	(2)
Signposts of restorative justice	40	(2)
Restorative Practices	42	(16)
Core approaches often involve an encounter	44	(3)
Models differ in the ``who'' and the ``how''	47	(5)
Models differ in their goals	52	(2)
A restorative continuum	54	(4)
Is It Either/Or?	58	(6)
Retributive justice vs. restorative justice?	58	(1)
Criminal justice vs. restorative justice?	59	(2)
Restorative justice is a river	61	(3)
Appendix I: Fundamental Principles of Restorative Justice	64	(6)
Endnotes	70	(2)
Selected Readings	72	(4)
About the Author	76