Restoring justice : an introduction to restorative justice / Daniel W. Van Ness, Karen Heetderks Strong.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Visions and patterns : how patterns of thinking can obstruct justice -- A brief history of restorative justice : the development of a new pattern of thinking -- Restorative justice : justice that promotes healing -- Encounter -- Amends -- Reintegration -- Inclusion -- Making restorative justice happen -- Toward a restorative system -- Transformation.

Restoring Justice: An Introduction to Restorative Justice offers a clear and convincing explanation of restorative justice, a movement within criminal justice with growing worldwide influence. It explores the broad appeal of this new vision and offers a brief history of its development. The book presents a theoretical foundation for the principles and values of restorative justice and develops its four cornerpost ideas of encounter, amends, inclusion and reintegration. After exploring how restorative justice ideas and values may be integrated into policy and practice, it presents a series of key issues commonly raised about restorative justice, summarizing various perspectives on each. Van Ness and Strong are renowned scholars in the field of restorative justice. Appendices include a case study to help illustrate the concepts of the text and internet resources on topics in restorative justice.