A roundtable around 2 new books in the book series 'Studies in Restorative Justice' (Brill)

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Abstract

Restorative justice offers a unique approach to crime and victimisation and a change of course from the traditional preoccupation with retribution and transgression of rules in the criminal justice system. This book series, edited by Estelle Zinsstag and Tinneke Van Camp, aspires to highlight and critically appraise the many accomplishments achieved through the use of restorative justice practices in response to crime and social conflict.
One of the forthcoming titles in the series, 'Widening the restorative lens', by Federico Reggio and Brunilda Pali (eds.), concerns a return to the theoretical foundations of restorative justice, in a time when the restorative paradigm is faced with the challenge of living up its promise of ‘changing the lenses’ of criminal justice and sustain an overall rethinking of the reaction to crime. It aims to ‘widen’ the lens of academic and cultural references on restorative justice, by highlighting works, authors and theoretical proposals that are lesser known in the international debate on restorative justice.
Another forthcoming book, 'Handbook on methods in restorative justice research', by Katrine Barnekow Rasmussen, Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt, Brunilda Pali and Estelle Zinsstag (eds.), presents a collection of reflections drawn from research experiences of an international pool of restorative justice scholars. It seeks to answer methodological questions, including whether there is a ‘restorative way’ of conducting data collection, how the participatory ethos embedded within restorative justice impacts the relationship between researchers and research participants, there are any innovative interpretative frames that have been used to analyse data on restorative practices, what researching victims in restorative justice teaches those researching victims in other fields.
A discussion between the editors and respondents will be moderated by the book series co-editors.

Subtopic

• Topic 5: Social Control and Criminal Justice / Restorative Justice (Restorative Justice WG)

Chair

• Tinneke Van Camp, California State University, Fresno, USA

Individual Presentations

• Widening the restorative lens by Reggio & Pali (eds.) - Brunilda Pali, University of Amsterdam; Federico Reggio, Associate Professor in Philosophy of Law at the University of Padova.

• 'Handbook in methods in restorative justice research' by Barnekow Rasmussen, Fonseca Rosenblatt, Pali and Zinsstag (eds.) - Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt, Catholic University of Pernambuco (UNICAP)/International Institute of Restorative Practices (IIRP); Brunilda Pali, University of Amsterdam; Estelle Zinsstag, Edinburgh Napier University and KU Leuven; Katrine Barnekow Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen