Restorative justice : theories and practices of moral imagination / Amy Levad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levad, Amy, 1979-

Contributor:

Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

Series:

Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

Criminal justice: recent scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Restorative justice.

Criminal justice, Administration of--Moral and ethical aspects.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Physical Description:

x, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2012.

Summary:

Suggesting that the repeated failure of criminal and juvenile justice systems to live up to their purported goals over many decades is a product of a failed rehabilitative and retributive ideologies and practices of justice, Levad (moral theology, U. of St. Thomas) argues that the incorporation of restorative justice principles and practices (aiming to "repair the harm") can help to overcome some of the problems inherent in our justice system. She provides an assessment of restorative justice from her perspective as a Christian social ethicist, emphasizing the role of ethical discernment in the practices of restorative justice versus more common sentencing procedures. This emphasis on ethical discernment, she argues, allows for a greater realization of justice (defined in terms of equity) in response to particular cases of crime. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction: a crisis of justice

Justice as equity and moral imagining

Restorative moral imagination

Moral imagining in restorative justice practices

The moral imagination of restorative justice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.

ISBN:

1593324863

9781593324865

OCLC:

730415321

Publisher Number:

99952522022