Criminology, conflict resolution and restorative justice / edited by Kieran McEvoy and Tim Newburn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McEvoy, Kieran.

Newburn, Tim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Restorative justice.

Conflict management.

Criminology.

Physical Description:

xi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.

Summary:

This collection explores the intersection between criminology, conflict resolution and restorative justice. It traces the role of criminological discourses in the resolution of conflict at the macro political level (in South Africa and Northern Ireland) and the micro level in settings such as local communities, indigenous justice systems and in the youth justice system. The resulting discourse, drawing upon peacemaking criminology, human rights and restorative justice frameworks, suggests an important symbiosis between the traditionally distinct disciplines of criminology and conflict resolution peace studies.

Contents:

1 Criminology, Conflict Resolution and Restorative Justice / Kieran McEvoy, Tim Newburn 1

Criminology and the relevance of conflict resolution literature 5

The collection 10

2 Criminological Ideas and the South African Transition / Dirk van Zyl Smit 21

Criminology in the time of crisis 22

From resistance to proactive intervention 25

Criminological ideas and the new South African state 31

Constraints on change 34

Prognoses 36

3 Criminological Discourses in Northern Ireland: Conflict and Conflict Resolution / Kieran McEvoy, Graham Ellison 45

Positivism and the Northern Ireland conflict 46

Critical criminology and the Northern Ireland conflict 50

Criminology and conflict resolution: lessons from Northern Ireland 57

Conclusion: criminology, transition and memory 65

4 Conflict Prevention and the Human Rights Framework in Africa / Rachel Murray 83

Human rights within the context of conflicts: the approach of the OAU 85

A conflict mechanism 86

Recent developments 87

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights: conflict in the context of human rights? 88

An early warning mechanism for Africa? 89

5 Critiquing the Critics of Peacemaking Criminology: Some Rather Ambivalent Reflections on the Theory of 'Being Nice' / Jim Thomas, Julie Capps, James Carr, Tammie Evans, Wendy Lewin-Gladney, Deborah Jacobson, Chris Maier, Scott Moran, Sean Thompson|p101

What is peacemaking criminology? 103

Addressing the critics 106

The Marxian/radical syndrome 107

The functionalist syndrome 108

The conservative syndrome 109

The chaotic syndrome 110

The (in)credibility syndrome 114

Responding to critics 115

The Marxian/radical syndrome (redux) 117

The Enlightenment background 118

Transcendent values 118

Human nature 119

The functionalist syndrome (redux) 122

The (in)credibility syndrome (redux) 123

Peacemaking as criminal justice praxis 125

Peacemaking as metaphor 129

6 A Restorative Framework for Community Justice Practice / Harry Mika, Howard Zehr 135

Restorative justice: a somewhat worrisome road 135

The devil is in the details: defining restorative justice 138

Principles of restorative justice 141

Crime is fundamentally a violation of people and interpersonal relationships 143

Violations create obligations and liabilities 143

Restorative justice seeks to heal and put right the wrongs 144

Restorative justice: signposts and the road ahead 145

7 Cross-cultural Issues in Informal Juvenile Processes: Applying Urban Models to Rural Alaska Native Villages / Lisa Rieger 153

Teen, youth or peer courts 153

Theoretical perspectives on youth courts 154

Restorative justice in youth courts? 157

Who volunteers to be part of youth court? 157

Teen courts and recidivism 158

State and federal promotion of teen courts in Alaska 158

The Alaskan context 159

Traditional social control in Native villages 160

Options promoted by state government 161

Seeking a viable bush justice 165

8 The Prospects for Restorative Youth Justice in England and Wales: A Tale of Two Acts / Adam Crawford 171

Background to the reforms 172

The legislation 176

Potential unintended consequences of referral orders 187

Potentially confused roles and responsibilities 192

Principal dynamics and future questions 194

9 'I can't name any names but what's-his-face up the road will sort it out': Communities and Conflict Resolution / Sandra Walklate 208

Conflict resolution as making amends: the formal response 211

Conflict resolution as making amends: informal responses 212

Conclusion: trust, making amends and conflict resolution 219.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0333761456

OCLC:

51258488