| Series |
Interpersonal violence
Interpersonal violence. ^A327354
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| Contents |
Resisting co-optation: three feminist challenges to antiviolence work / James Ptacek -- The role of restorative justice in the battered women's movement / Loretta Frederick, Kristine C. Lizdas -- Aboriginal women and political pursuit in Canadian sentencing circles: at cross roads or cross purposes? / Rashmi Goel -- A community of one's own? When women speak to power about restorative justice / Pamela Rubin -- Restorative justice, gendered violence, and indigenous women / Julie Stubbs -- Restorative justice for domestic and family violence: hopes and fears of indigenous and non-indigenous Australian women / Heather Nancarrow -- Restorative justice and youth violence toward parents / Kathleen Daly, Heather Nancarrow -- Opening conversations across cultural, gender, and generational divides: family and community engagement to stop violence against women and children / Joan Pennell, Mimi Kim -- Alternative interventions to intimate violence: defining political and pragmatic challenges / Mimi Kim -- Restorative justice for acquaintance rape and misdemeanor sex crimes / Mary P. Koss -- Restorative justice and gendered violence in New Zealand: a glimmer of hope / Shirley Jülich -- Beyond restorative justice: radical organizing against violence / Andrea Smith -- Re-imagining justice for crimes of violence against women / James Ptacek. |
| Abstract |
Despite significant accomplishments over the past 35 years, antiviolence activists know that justice for most abused women remains elusive. Most victims do not call the police or seek help from the courts, making it crucial to identify new ways for survivors to find justice. This book examines new justice practices for victims that are being used in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. These informal, dialogue-based practices, referred to as "restorative justice," seek to decrease the role of the state in responding to crime, and increase the involvement of communities in meeting the needs of victims and offenders. Restorative justice is most commonly used to address youth crimes and is generally not recommended or disallowed for cases of rape, domestic violence, and child sexual abuse. Nevertheless, restorative practices are beginning to be used to address violent crime. Restorative Justice and Violence Against Women considers both the dangers and potential benefits of using restorative justice in response to these crimes. The contributors include antiviolence activists and scholars from the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand."--Jacket. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009016950 |
| ISBN | 9780195335484 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195335481 (hbk. ; alk. paper) |
