Restorative Justice and Family Violence : Peacemaking / Joan Pennell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pennell, Joan, author.

Series:

Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

Studies in restorative justice ; v. 9.

Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2026

Studies in Restorative Justice ; Volume 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family violence--Law and legislation.

Family violence.

Family violence--Prevention.

Human rights.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 336 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, [2025]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

By engaging families in taking charge of their affairs, restorative justice can reverse family violence. But the expansion of restorative programming into family violence is stymied by fears of setting family members at risk and heightening agency liability if harm results. How does this anthology counter these fears? In response, it provides two decades of studies documenting successes of a restorative approach with gendered and intergenerational violence. It offers feminist frameworks to explain how these successes are achieved. And finally, the author turns to cultural and religious messages from her own upbringing as a Quaker (Religious Society of Friends) to explain why a restorative approach makes lasting and just peace in homes. The aim is to encourage others to identify such principles in their own backgrounds to safely and confidently expand the use of restorative programming to safeguard children and adults in the home.

Contents:

Contents

About the Series

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Centring Families and Cultural Networks: How Restorative Justice Reverses Family Violence

Joan Pennell

PART 1

How Does Restorative Justice Reverse Family Violence?

1 Feminist Praxis: Making Family Group Conferencing Work

Joan Pennell and Gale Burford

2 FGDM Conferencing: Resetting Narrative, Revitalizing Culture

3 Theorising Restorative Justice: Feminist Kin-Making

PART 2

Who Benefits from Restorative Justice in the Context of Family Violence?

4 Family meetings as system reform to address disproportionality and disparities

Heather Allan, Mary Elizabeth Rauktis, Joan Pennell, Lisa Merkel-Holguin and David Crampton

5 Strengthening Relationships: Children’s Participation in a Family Group Approach to Family Violence

Joan Pennell, Kristen Basque, Ruth Najenson, Paul Nixon and Sharon Inglis

PART 3

Who Sets the Original Vision of Change for Restorative Justice Programmes?

6 Family and Community Approaches to Intimate Partner Violence: Restorative Programs in the United States

Joan Pennell, Gale Burford, Erika Sasson, Hillary Packer and Emily L. Smith

PART 4

What Defines a Programme as Restorative Justice?

7 Restorative Practices and Child Welfare: Toward an Inclusive Civil Society

8 Family Group Conferencing in Child Welfare: Responsive and Regulatory Interfaces

9 Stopping Domestic Violence or Protecting Children? Contributions from Restorative Justice

PART 5

Where Can Restorative Justice Programmes Be Positioned to Respond to Family Violence?

10 Restorative Justice, Domestic Violence and the Law: A Panel Discussion

Tod Augusta-Scott, Leigh Goodmark and Joan Pennell

11 How Can the Domestic Violence Community Contribute to Safety?

12 Safety Conferencing: Toward a Coordinated and Inclusive Response to Safeguard Women and Children

Joan Pennell and Stephanie Francis

PART 6

How Can Restorative Justice Programmes Respect Both Family Culture and Human Rights?

13 Feminist Perspectives on Family Rights: Social Work and Restorative Justice Processes for Stopping Women Abuse

Joan Pennell and Mary P. Koss

14 Increasing the Cultural Responsiveness of Family Group Conferencing: Advancing Child Welfare Practice

Cheryl Waites, Mark J. Macgowan, Joan Pennell, Iris Carlton-LaNey and Marie Weil

15 Contextual Adaptation of Family Group Conferencing Model: Early Evidence from Guatemala

Jini L. Roby, Joan Pennell, Karen S. Rotabi Casares, Kelley McCreery Bunkers and Sully de Uclés.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789004729834

90-04-72983-6

OCLC:

1528565434

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004729834 DOI