Reshaping the field: building restorative capital

Green, Simon; Johnstone, Gerry; Lambert, Craig

Abstract

Restorative justice is best known as an alternative approach for dealing with crime and wrongdoing. Yet as the restorative movement has grown it is increasingly being deployed in different arenas. Based on a two-year study funded by the UK National Lottery, this article provides an early glimpse into how people experience the introduction of restorativeness as cultural change within an organisational context. Using a combination of observation, in-depth interviews and focus groups, this research explores how different staff groups react to, adapt to and resist the introduction of a new ethos and language within their organisation. Drawing on the ideas of Bourdieu (1986), it appears that a new form of restorative cultural capital is emerging that threatens the very integrity of the values restorative justice claims to uphold.

Citation

Green, S., Johnstone, G., & Lambert, C. (2014). Reshaping the field: building restorative capital. Restorative justice, 2(1), 43-63. https://doi.org/10.5235/20504721.2.1.43

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 12, 2013
• Online Publication Date: May 7, 2015
• Publication Date: Apr 14, 2014
• Deposit Date: Oct 26, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Restorative justice : an international journal
• Print ISSN: 2050-4721
• Electronic ISSN: 2050-473X
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 43-63
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5235/20504721.2.1.43
• Keywords: Restorative Justice
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/380136
• Publisher URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.5235/20504721.2.1.43
• Additional Information: Peer Review Statement: The publishing and review policy for this title is described in its Aims & Scope.; Aim & Scope: http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=rrej20