Restorative Justice Across the East and the West - Hardcover

For social workers and students of social work the question of Restorative Justice is paramount. At the micro level, Restorative Justice is played out as conferencing between victims and offenders; e.g. by way of family group conferences and healing circles. At the macro level (societal level), Restorative Justice takes the form of e.g. reparations or truth commissions to compensate for the harm that has been done. Common to all these models is the principle and method of restoring justice. The magnitude of the situations ranges from interpersonal violence to school bullying, to mass kidnappings, to full-scale terrorism and warfare.

Restorative Justice Across the East and the West is timely book, as both the United Nations and the European Union have already supported the implementation of restorative justice initiatives by their respective member countries. The papers included in this book volume cover a wide range of countries in the East and the West including e.g. Japan, Korea, China, India, East Timor, Norway, Canada, and the United States.

Table of Contents
PART I: Introduction
1. Restorative Justice: A Bridge Between East and West: Katherine Van Wormer

PART II: The Micro Level
2. Advocating the Use of Restorative Justice for Misbehaving Students and Juvenile Delinquents in Hong Kong: Dennis Wong
3. Youth Justice and Restorative Justice in Norway: Ida Hydle
4. Restorative Justice Principles in an Asian American Community: JoAnn Lee and Rhodora Ursua
5. Restorative Justice and Offenses Against Women: Katherine Van Wormer

PART III: The Macro (Community) Level
6. Vital Voice for Restorative Justice: The Community Members: Mona Schatz
7. Community Reparations: Katherine Van Wormer
8. Restorative Justice Almost 50 Years Later: Japanese American Redress for Exclusion, Restriction, and Incarceration: Rita Takahashi
9. Compatibility Between Restorative Justice and Chinese Traditional Legal Culture: Stephen Chi-Kong Lee
10. Working in the Mud: Community Reconciliation and Restorative Justice in Timor Leste: David Androff
11. Ethnic Relations in East-West Perspective: A Case Study in Restorative Justice: Peter Szto
12. Restorative Justice in International Relations: A Gandhian Approach in the Post-Colonial Era: Vanmala Hiranandani

PART III: Beyond the Macro Level
13. The Environmental Restoration Movement as an Issue of Justice: Fred H. Besthorn
14. Restorative Justice, Empowerment Theory and Transformative Spirituality: Searching for Authentic Strategies in China, Hong Kong, India, and Korea: Marta Vides Saade
15. Spiritual Dimensions of Restorative Justice: Teachings of the Dalai Lama: Wayne Evens