Restorative justice and violence against women / edited by James Ptacek.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ptacek, James.

Series:

Interpersonal violence.

Interpersonal violence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Violence against.

Women.

Abused women.

Restorative justice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite significant accomplishments over the past 35 years antiviolence activists know that justice for most abused women remains elusive. This book examines different justice practices for victims that are being used in the United States, Canada Australia, and New Zealand.

Contents:

Contents; Editor's Introduction; Biographical Notes; I. Overview: Restorative Justice and Feminist Activism; 1. Resisting Co-Optation: Three Feminist Challenges to Antiviolence Work; II. Critical Perspectives on Restorative Justice in Cases of Violence Against Women; 2. The Role of Restorative Justice in the Battered Women's Movement; 3. Aboriginal Women and Political Pursuit in Canadian Sentencing Circles: At Cross Roads or Cross Purposes?; 4. A Community of One's Own? When Women Speak to Power About Restorative Justice; 5. Restorative Justice, Gendered Violence, and Indigenous Women

6. Restorative Justice for Domestic and Family Violence: Hopes and Fears of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australian Women7. Restorative Justice and Youth Violence Toward Parents; III. From Critique to New Possibilities: Innovative Feminist Projects; 8. Opening Conversations Across Cultural, Gender, and Generational Divides: Family and Community Engagement to Stop Violence Against Women and Children; 9. Alternative Interventions to Intimate Violence: Defining Political and Pragmatic Challenges; 10. Restorative Justice for Acquaintance Rape and Misdemeanor Sex Crimes

11. Restorative Justice and Gendered Violence in New Zealand: A Glimmer of Hope12. Beyond Restorative Justice: Radical Organizing Against Violence; IV. Conclusion; 13. Re-Imagining Justice for Crimes of Violence Against Women; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-988733-0

9786612335525

1-282-33552-9

0-19-971487-8

OCLC:

503049904