Compulsory compassion : a critique of restorative justice / Annalise Acorn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Acorn, Annalise E.

Series:

Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Restorative justice.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 207 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A multi-faceted consideration and critique of the compelling and emotionally seductive rhetoric of restorative justice.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Compulsory Compassion

1 The Seductive Vision of Restorative Justice: Right- Relation, Reciprocity, Healing, and Repair

2 "Essentially and Only a Matter of Love": Justice and the Teachableness of Universal Love

3 Three Precarious Pillars of Restorative Optimism

4 Sentimental Justice: The Unearned Emotions of Restorative Catharsis

5 "Lovemaking Is Justice-Making": The Idealization of Eros and the Eroticization of Justice

6 Compulsory Compassion: Justice, Fellow- Feeling, and the Restorative Encounter

Epilogue: Restorative Utopias - "The Fire with Which We Must Play"?

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Limited edition of 400 copies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-7748-5090-6

OCLC:

84691400