Restorative Justice and Family Violence : Peacemaking /

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 c...

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Main Author: Pennell, Joan (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill | Nijhoff, 2025.

Series: Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Studies in Restorative Justice ; 9/A-3.

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Call Number: JC571

Table of 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
  • Joan Pennell
  • 3 Theorising Restorative Justice: Feminist Kin-Making
  • Joan Pennell
  • 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
  • Joan Pennell
  • 8 Family Group Conferencing in Child Welfare: Responsive and Regulatory Interfaces
  • Joan Pennell
  • 9 Stopping Domestic Violence or Protecting Children? Contributions from Restorative Justice
  • Joan Pennell
  • 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?
  • Joan Pennell
  • 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.