The Politics of Restorative Justice: A Critical Introduction

In this new, significantly revised edition of an acclaimed text, Andrew Woolford and Amanda Nelund reconsider restorative justice and its politics both globally and locally. The authors clarify key theoretical issues while offering fresh perspectives and provocative questions. Observing that "transformative justice is an always unfinished project," they ask how the approach might be more effective; and they explore in depth how intersecting sociopolitical contexts―gendered, racialized, and colonial, among others―contour the practice and potential of restorative justice.
CONTENTS:

• What Are the Politics of Restorative Justice?
• What Events Trigger a Restorative Response?
• Delineating the Restorative Justice Ethos.
• Restorative Justice Styles.
• Constructing Restorative Justice Identities.
• Restorative Justice Contexts.
• Restorative Justice Criticisms.
• Transformation and the Politics of Restorative Justice.