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Restorative justice and the therapeutic tradition: Looking into the future (2018)
Book Chapter
Johnstone, G. (2018). Restorative justice and the therapeutic tradition: Looking into the future. In Routledge International Handbook of Restorative Justice (395-408). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315613512

If asked to explain the essence of restorative justice in one or two sentences, many advocates and practitioners might employ Nils Christie’s formula about the state and its actors stealing conflicts which belong to crime victims and offenders and ex... Read More about Restorative justice and the therapeutic tradition: Looking into the future.

Restorative justice for victims: inherent limits? (2017)
Journal Article
Johnstone, G. (2017). Restorative justice for victims: inherent limits?. Restorative justice, 5(3), 382-395. https://doi.org/10.1080/20504721.2017.1390999

Campaigners for restorative justice suggest that we should deal with criminal behaviour by encouraging those responsible to repair the harm they have caused and that those who cause and suffer harm should be at the centre of deliberation and decision... Read More about Restorative justice for victims: inherent limits?.

The agendas of the restorative justice movement (2008)
Book Chapter
Johnstone, G. (2008). The agendas of the restorative justice movement. Restorative Justice: from Theory to Practice; Sociology of Crime Law and Deviance (59-79). The University of Hull. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1521-6136%2808%2900403-X

This chapter examines how the aspirations of the restorative justice movement are broader than tends to be acknowledged in debates about the virtues and vices of restorative justice. It suggests that, along with trying to change the social response t... Read More about The agendas of the restorative justice movement.