Corrections, Peacemaking and Restorative Justice: Transforming Individuals and Institutions

by Braswell; Michael

• ISBN13: 9781583605196
• ISBN10: 1583605193
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book views peacemaking as a broad, encompassing process that is expressed in many different shapes and forms. It blends ancient-wisdom traditions, peacemaking criminology, and restorative justice principles as a way of intervening with offenders in both institutional and community-based settings. Philosophical and spiritual contexts for peacemaking are presented that form a foundation for understanding the potential for peacemaking in criminological thought, the criminal justice system, and society in general. This book is about personal and institutional transformation. It is designed to view peacemaking as a broad, encompassing process that, while grounded in ancient philosophical and spiritual traditions, is expressed in many different shapes and forms. Boxed inserts and discussion questions support the text.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(11)
An Overview	1	(2)
Understanding and Doing Peacemaking in Context	3	(2)
Personal and Institutional Transformation	5	(6)
Part I Understanding Peacemaking
Compassionate Corrections: Contributions of Ancient Wisdom Traditions	11	(18)
Christianity	12	(3)
Judaism	15	(2)
A Sampling of Hasidic Teachings	16	(1)
Native American	17	(2)
Buddhism	19	(1)
Hinduism	20	(2)
A Sampling of Kabir	22	(1)
Islam	22	(2)
A Sampling of Rumi's Teachings	23	(1)
The Heart of Peacemaking	24	(5)
Peacemaking Criminology	29	(16)
Feminist Traditions	30	(3)
Critical Traditions	33	(2)
A Peacemaking Criminology Perspective	35	(4)
Levels of Peacemaking	39	(2)
Crime and Peace	41	(4)
Part II Doing Peacemaking
Personal Transformation	45	(26)
Introduction	45	(1)
A Voice in the Wilderness	46	(1)
Dying to Self	46	(3)
When Everything Goes Wrong: The Case of William	49	(2)
Faith	51	(7)
Simple Living, Simple Joy	58	(4)
Communion and Community	62	(9)
Transforming Institutions	71	(16)
The Politics of Punishment	72	(3)
Opposition to Capital Punishment	75	(3)
Opportunities for Rehabilitation	78	(1)
Treatment with Dignity	79	(3)
Security from Other Inmates	82	(1)
Peacemaking in Institutions	83	(4)
Letters from Prison	87	(40)
Expressions of Anger and Violence	87	(17)
The Victim's View	104	(8)
Confusing Reflections	112	(5)
To Help or Not to Help	117	(4)
Hope Remains	121	(6)
Prison Stories	127	(14)
Scars	128	(2)
For a Long Time	130	(2)
San Quentin Is Really Rockin' 'n Rollin'	132	(1)
Angry Faces	133	(1)
Peace Activist	134	(3)
Stop! A Buddhist Is Here!	137	(4)
Toward Restorative and Community Justice	141	(14)
Underlying Principles of Restorative Justice	142	(2)
The Promise of Community	144	(3)
Forms of Restorative Justice	147	(4)
Faith-Based Corrections	151	(1)
Community Justice and Peacemaking	152	(3)
Epilogue	155	(2)
Index	157