Handbook on methods in restorative justice research / edited by Katrine Barnekow Rasmussen, Estelle Zinsstag, Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt, and Brunilda Pali.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pali, Brunilda, editor.

Barnekow Rasmussen, Katrine, editor.

Rosenblatt, Fernanda Fonseca, editor.

Zinsstag, Estelle, editor.

Series:

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

Studies in Restorative Justice ; 8/M-5.

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

Studies in Restorative Justice ; 8/M-5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Human rights.

Literature and Cultural Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (620 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 2025.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How do international students cope when crises strike at home and abroad simultaneously? Using vivid firsthand accounts from Ukrainian students studying in Kraków during COVID-19 and Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, this book investigates the interplay between institutional responses, social support, and individual adaptation strategies. Jan Bazyli Klakla provides fresh qualitative insights into the understudied experiences of student migrants during crisis situations, highlighting practical recommendations for higher education institutions. Essential for scholars, university administrators, and policymakers interested in understanding and supporting international students through challenging times.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

About the Series

The Series in Practice

Branch 1: Monographs and Edited Collections

Branch 2: Anthologies

Branch 3: Translations

Branch 4: The International Encyclopaedia of Restorative Justice

Acknowledgments

Figures and Tables

Figures

Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction Mapping the Path: Exploring Methods in Restorative Justice Research

1 Why a Handbook on Methods in Restorative Justice Research?

1.1 How Can Different Methodologies, Perspectives and Disciplines Enable and Contribute to Different Understandings of Restorative Justice?

1.2 Which Particular Issues, Challenges, and Dilemmas Are Raised by Conducting Research in the Field of Restorative Justice?

1.3 Are There Ways of Knowing and Doing Research that Reflect the Principles Espoused in Restorative Justice?

2 Some Limitations and Challenges in the Making of This Handbook

3 The Structure of the Handbook

3.1 Part 1: Disciplinary Approaches, Perspectives and Methodological Contributions

3.2 Part 2: Issues, Challenges, and Dilemmas in Conducting Research on Restorative Justice

3.3 Part 3: Ways of Knowing Restoratively

4 An Invitation to the Reader

References

Part 1 Disciplinary Approaches, Perspectives and Methodological Contributions

Chapter 1 Goffman's Useful but Seductive Metaphors: AResearcher's Journey When Analysing Victim-Offender Mediation

1 Goffman's Sociological Perspective as Eye Opener

2 The Dramaturgical Metaphor

3 A Process Perspective

4 Victim-Offender Mediation as Impression and Stigma Management

4.1 Guidance by Mediators of the Offenders' Impression Management

4.2 Victim-Offender Mediation as Potential Stigma Management for Offenders.

5 Goffman's Metaphor of the Interaction Order and Restorative Ritual

5.1 Apology and Forgiveness

6 Discussion

Chapter 2 Restorative Justice and Historical Criminology inContext and Practice: A Study of Nineteenth Century Printed Public Apologies

1 Introduction

2 Background to the Research

3 Research Methodology

4 Research Findings

4.1 Analysis of Basic Research Findings

4.2 Analysis of Apologies through a (Restorative Justice) Lens Darkly

4.3 The Case and Its Protagonists

4.4 The 'Hidden' Truth of the Apology

5 A Conceptual Reflection on Researching This Example of Historical Restorative Justice

Chapter 3 The Value of Researching Restorative Justice Policy through Discourse Analysis

2 Why Policy-as-Discourse?

3 Policy-as-Discourse: What's the Problem Represented to Be?

4 Analysing a Policy Corpus

5 Restorative Justice Representations in International Policies

5.1 What Is the Problem Represented to Be?

5.2 What Presuppositions Underlie This Representation of the Problem?

5.3 How Did This Representation of Restorative Justice Come About?

5.4 What Is Left Unproblematic in This Representation of Restorative Justice?

5.5 What Effects Are Produced by These Representations of Restorative Justice?

5.6 How Could This Representation of Restorative Justice Be Questioned, Disrupted or Replaced?

6 Conclusion

Chapter 4 'Philo-sophia' A Few Considerations on the Contribution of a Classical Philosophical Perspective on the Research Methodologies in the Field of Restorative Justice

1 A Vignette: 'Philosophy Is Useless'

2 Sophia and Research: A Necessary Connection

3 Signpost I: Terminology and Argumentative roles

4 Philosophy and/of/for Restorative Justice.

5 Philosophy 'for' Justice: On the Reciprocal Implications of Justice and Ethics

6 Open Questions for the Current Debate on Restorative Justice

7 Some Final Remarks: Philosophy May Be Useless, but It Is Necessary

8 Yes, but in Practice?

Chapter 5 Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and Restorative Justice

2 Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

2.1 Phenomenology

2.2 Hermeneutics

2.3 Idiography

2.4 Symbolic Interactionism

3 Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis and Restorative Justice Research

4 A Phenomenological Approach to Restorative Justice

5 Research Example

Chapter 6 Investigating Restorative Justice through Participatory Action Research

2 Participatory Action Research

2.1 Defining Action Research

2.2 Criticism towards Action Research

2.3 Action Research and Restorative Justice

3 Doing Participatory Action Research

3.1 The Sites: Viennese Social Housing Estates and a Hungarian Village

3.2 Coming from Outside

3.3 What Is Action in Action Research?

4 Conclusion

Chapter 7 Countering Injustice as Re-storying: A Narrative Perspective on Restorative Justice

2 Narrative as a 'Root Metaphor' for Restorative Justice

3 A Storied Life

4 Re-storying the Aftermath

5 Countering Injustice

6 Stories as Property

7 Conclusion

Chapter 8 Researching and Empowering the Publics: The Application of Restorative Approaches in Attitudinal Research

2 The Restorative Values and Principles Framework to Conduct Attitudinal Research

3 Changing the Lens in Attitudinal Research

3.1 The Natural Interrelation between Qualitative Research and Restorative Justice

3.2 Who Is a Restorative Researcher in Attitudinal Research?.

3.3 Who Are the Study Participants in Attitudinal Research?

4 What Makes Attitudinal Research Restorative?

5 Concluding Thoughts

Chapter 9 Observing Communication in Restorative Encounters

2 The Reasons for Searching for a Methodology

3 The Conceptual Basis of the Observation Tool

3.1 Habermas: Communicative and Strategic Action (Communicative/Strategic Use of Language)

3.2 Key Concepts in Luhmann: Communication and Conflict

3.3 Applying the Theoretical Proposals of Habermas and Luhmann to Mediation

3.4 Insights from Sociolinguistics

4 The Observation Tool

4.1 Shortcomings

5 Data Description and Some Results

5.1 Communicative Use of Language

5.2 Strategic Use of Language

5.3 Mediators' Use of Language

Chapter 10 'Living' Ethnography: A Culturally Responsive Research Approach for Investigating Restorative Justice in a Cretan Highland Community

2 Applying a 'Living' Style of Ethnography for Understanding Local Efforts of Restoration

3 Achieving 'Living Ethnography' through Culturally Responsive Methodological Tools

3.1 Culturally Friendly Approaches for Collecting Data

4 Following Cultural Standards for Ethical Practising

5 Conclusion

Chapter 11 Restorative Justice Viewed from below: Exploring the Value of 'Ethnography at Home' and Emic Theory

2 Customary Fighting Norms and 'Personalising the State'

3 Fist Fights in the Context of Restorative Justice

3.1 The Girl Fight on the Estate

3.2 The Boy Fight in School

4 Personalising Restorative Justice

Chapter 12 Reoffending Research versus Desistance Research in Restorative Justice: Competing or Complementary Paradigms?

2 Reoffending Research versus Desistance Research.

2.1 Key Distinctions and Debates

2.2 Methodological Aims, Strengths and Weaknesses

2.2.1 Reoffending Research

2.2.1.1 Method

2.2.1.2 Strengths

2.2.1.3 Weaknesses

2.2.2 Desistance Research

2.2.2.1 Method

2.2.2.2 Strengths

2.2.2.3 Weaknesses

2.3 Competing or Complementary Paradigms?

3 Future Directions: A Marriage Proposal

Chapter 13 Researching Restorative Justice in an Environmental Regulatory Organisation

2 Explaining Our Focus on Environmental Protection

3 Background of the Project

4 Our Methodological Approach

5 Researching Incipient and Potential Regulatory Restorative Justice

5.1 Interviews

5.2 Observations

5.3 The Restorative Pilot Project

6 What We Learned about Doing Research in a Restorative Way

6.1 Emphasise Relationships

6.2 Be Attentive

6.3 Be Humble

6.4 Unearth Inspiration

6.5 Be Flexible

6.6 Interpret

6.7 Think Big Picture

6.8 Imagine Restoratively

Part 2 Issues, Challenges, and Dilemmas in Conducting Research on Restorative Justice

Chapter 14 The Use of Surveys within a Mixed Method Project toResearch 'Under the Radar' Practices: MappingRestorative Justice Practices in Sexual Violence Cases

2 Restorative Justice and Sexual Violence

3 Research Design

4 Web-Based Survey Design and Implementation Process

4.1 Design

4.2 Implementation

5 Analysis of Data Generated by the Web-Based Survey

5.1 Quantitative Data

5.2 Qualitative Data

6 Discussion of the Benefits and Limitations of Web-Based Surveys to Seek 'Under the Radar' Practices

7 Key Findings on Restorative Justice in Sexual Violence

8 Conclusion

Chapter 15 The Art of Interviewing in Restorative Justice Research.

1 Introduction: The Role of Interviews in the Social Sciences.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

90-04-72982-8

9789004729827

OCLC:

1561171498

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004729827 DOI