Sexual Violence And Restorative Justice

Author : Estelle Zinsstag,Marie Keenan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317247500

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Restorative Responses to Sexual Violence by Estelle Zinsstag,Marie Keenan Pdf

Sexual violence, in all its forms, is a crime for which anecdotal accounts and scholarly reports suggest victims in their great majority do not receive adequate ‘justice’ or redress. The theory and practice of restorative justice is rapidly developing and offers some well-argued new avenues for dealings with crime in general. It has the potential to be extended to cases of sexual violence and a number of small scale programmes are already underway across the world. Restorative Responses to Sexual Violence examines this innovative justice paradigm in more depth in the particular context of sexual trauma and violence in order to establish the empirical realities of restorative justice approaches in cases of sexual violence, and considers how such approaches could be developed adequately in the future. This book is divided into two parts, each representing a key area of research and practice: theoretical and conceptual frameworks, and justice and therapeutic perspectives. This international collection brings together leading expert scholars and practitioners to offer both theoretical and practical perspectives on restorative justice and sexual violence. This book will be of interest to researchers in the field of law, criminology, psychology, social science, social work and psychotherapy, as well as practitioners in the fields of criminal justice, restorative justice and sex offender and victim trauma therapies.

Author : Judah Oudshoorn,Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz,Michelle Jackett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781680991161

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The Little Book of Restorative Justice for Sexual Abuse by Judah Oudshoorn,Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz,Michelle Jackett Pdf

Restorative justice is gaining acceptance for addressing harm and crime. Interventions have been developed for a wide range of wrongdoing. This book considers the use of restorative justice in response to sexual abuse. Rather than a blueprint or detailing a specific set of programs, it is more about mapping possibilities. It allows people to carefully consider its use in responding to violent crimes such as sexual abuse. Criminal justice approaches tend to sideline and re-traumatize victims, and punish offenders to the detriment of accountability. Alternatively, restorative justice centers on healing for victims, while holding offenders meaningfully accountable. Criminal justice responses tend to individualize the problem, and catch marginalized communities, such as ethnic minorities, within its net. Restorative justice recognizes that sexual abuse is a form of gender-based violence. Community-based practices are needed, sometimes in conjunction with, and sometimes to counteract, traditional criminal justice responses. This book describes impacts of sexual abuse, and explanations for sexual offending, demonstrating how restorative justice can create hope through trauma.

Author : Marie Keenan,Estelle Zinsstag
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-04
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN : 9780198858638

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Sexual Violence and Restorative Justice by Marie Keenan,Estelle Zinsstag Pdf

Concerned by the high attrition rates for sexual crime and the secondary victimization experienced by victims during their participation in the criminal justice system, this book analyses the extent to which restorative justice can address the justice gap that exists in current justice provision. Building on clinical experience and earlier research on sexual crime the authors engage with the complex dynamics and traumatic impact of sexual crime as a critical starting point for their research and examine whether restorative justice can contribute to a more enhanced justice response. The book presents extensive new data on restorative justice as applied in sexual violence cases across the globe. It engages with feminist concerns regarding the traumatic impact of sexual violence and the power imbalances that characterise these offences, as well as the potential for re-traumatisation and re-victimisation during the judicial process. While there is a risk of coercion of the victim to participate in the process, and manipulation of restorative justice by the offender, restorative justice has the potential to lead to the reprivatisation of sexual crime and ultimately to its decriminalisation. Having examined these topics in detail, the book concludes there is an important role for restorative justice in addressing the justice gap that exists after sexual crime and offers guidance on how this can be achieved.

Author : James Ptacek
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199887330

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Restorative Justice and Violence Against Women by James Ptacek Pdf

Controversial and forward-thinking, this volume presents a much-needed analysis of restorative justice practices in cases of violence against women. Advocates, community activists, and scholars will find the theoretical perspectives and vivid case descriptions presented here to be invaluable tools for creating new ways for abused women to find justice.

Author : Alissa Ackerman,Jill S. Levenson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Restorative justice
ISBN : 1940234158

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Healing from Sexual Violence by Alissa Ackerman,Jill S. Levenson Pdf

Author : Heather Strang,John Braithwaite
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002-07-08
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0521521653

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Restorative Justice and Family Violence by Heather Strang,John Braithwaite Pdf

This 2002 book addresses one of the most controversial topics in restorative justice: its potential for dealing with conflicts within families. Most restorative justice programs specifically exclude family violence as an appropriate offence to be dealt with this way. This book focuses on the issues in family violence that may warrant special caution about restorative justice, in particular, feminist and indigenous concerns. At the same time it looks for ways of designing a place for restorative interventions that respond to these concerns. Further, it asks whether there are ways that restorative processes can contribute to reducing and preventing family violence, to healing its survivors and to confronting the wellsprings of this violence. The book discusses the shortcomings of the present criminal justice response to family violence. It suggests that these shortcomings require us to explore other ways of addressing this apparently intractable problem.

Author : Howard Zehr,Allan MacRae,Kay Pranis,Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781680997989

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The Big Book of Restorative Justice by Howard Zehr,Allan MacRae,Kay Pranis,Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz Pdf

The four most popular restorative justice books in the Justice & Peacebuilding series—The Little Book of Restorative Justice: Revised and Updated, The Little Book of Victim Offender Conferencing, The Little Book of Family Group Conferences, and The Little Book of Circle Processes—in one affordable volume. And now with a new foreword from Howard Zehr, one of the founders of restorative justice! Restorative justice, with its emphasis on identifying the justice needs of everyone involved in a crime, is a worldwide movement of growing influence that is helping victims and communities heal while holding criminals accountable for their actions. This is not a soft-on-crime, feel-good philosophy, but rather a concrete effort to bring justice and healing to everyone involved in a crime. Circle processes draw from the Native American tradition of gathering in a circle to solve problems as a community. Peacemaking circles are used in neighborhoods, in schools, in the workplace, and in social services to support victims of all kinds, resolve behavior problems, and create positive climates. Each book is written by a scholar at the forefront of these movements, making this important reading for classrooms, community leaders, and anyone involved with conflict resolution.

Author : Elizabeth A. Sheehy
Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
Page : 833 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780776619774

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Sexual Assault in Canada by Elizabeth A. Sheehy Pdf

Sexual Assault in Canada is the first English-language book in almost two decades to assess the state of sexual assault law and legal practice in Canada. Gathering together feminist scholars, lawyers, activists and policy-makers, it presents a picture of the difficult issues that Canadian women face when reporting and prosecuting sexual violence. The volume addresses many themes including the systematic undermining of women who have been sexually assaulted, the experiences of marginalized women, and the role of women’s activism. It explores sexual assault in various contexts, including professional sports, the doctor–patient relationship, and residential schools. And it highlights the influence of certain players in the reporting and litigation of sexual violence, including health care providers, social workers, police, lawyers and judges. Sexual Assault in Canada provides both a multi-faceted assessment of the progress of feminist reforms to Canadian sexual assault law and practice, and articulates a myriad of new ideas, proposed changes to law, and inspired activist strategies. This book was created to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Jane Doe’s remarkable legal victory against the Toronto police for sex discrimination in the policing of rape and for negligence in failing to warn her of a serial rapist. The case made legal history and motivated a new generation of feminist activists. This book honours her pioneering work by reflecting on how law, legal practice and activism have evolved over the past decade and where feminist research and reform should lead in the years to come.

Author : Tali Gal
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780199876822

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Child Victims and Restorative Justice by Tali Gal Pdf

With its unique human-rights perspective on the study of childhood victimization and an innovative, child-inclusive restorative justice model, this book promises to be a touchstone for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers concerned with children's well-being in the aftermath of crime and violence.

Author : Russell Banks
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781847657855

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Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks Pdf

Suspended in a strangely modern-day version of limbo, a young man must create a life for himself in the wake of incarceration. Known only as the Kid, and on probation after doing time for a liaison with an underage girl, he is shackled to a GPS monitoring device and forbidden to live within 2,500 feet of anywhere children might gather. With nowhere else to go, the Kid takes up residence in a makeshift encampment with other convicted sex offenders. Barely beyond childhood himself, the Kid is in many ways an innocent, trapped by impulses and foolish choices. Enter the Professor, a man who has built his own life on secrets and lies. A university sociologist of enormous size and intellect, he finds in the Kid the perfect subject for his research on homelessness and reoffending sex offenders. The two men forge a tentative partnership. But when the Professor's past resurfaces and threatens to destroy his carefully constructed world, the balance in the two men's relationship shifts. Suddenly, the Kid must reconsider everything he has come to believe, and choose what course of action to take when faced with a new kind of moral decision.

Author : Marinari, Angela
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781447357940

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Restorative Justice for Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Marinari, Angela Pdf

Integral to sexual abuse survivors’ healing is understanding the nature of their abuse. Drawing on interviews, this book gives a voice to survivors and illuminates how restorative justice processes can meet their justice needs. With a unique focus on the people around the survivor rather than on the abuser, it addresses the harm caused to survivors by those who enable their abuse, who fail to protect them, or fail to believe them. Marinari offers radical solutions for the development of restorative justice programs and policy initiatives, including practical guidelines for practitioners, and new directions for academic research.

Author : Dr Anne Hayden,Dr Venezia Kingi,Professor Allison Morris,Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781472412324

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A Restorative Approach to Family Violence by Dr Anne Hayden,Dr Venezia Kingi,Professor Allison Morris,Professor Loraine Gelsthorpe Pdf

This volume provides an essential update on current thinking, practice and research into the use of restorative justice in the area of family violence. It contains contemporary empirical, theoretical and practical perspectives on the use of restorative justice for intimate partner and family violence, including sexual violence and elder abuse. Whilst raising issues relating to the implications of reporting, it provides a fresh look at victims’ issues as well as providing accounts of those who have participated in restorative justice processes and who have been victims of abusive relationships. Contributions are included from a wide range of perspectives to provide a balanced approach that is not simply polemic or advocating. Rather, the book genuinely raises the issue for debate, with the advantage of bringing into the open new research which has not been widely published previously. Given its unique experience in the development of restorative justice, the book includes empirical studies relating to New Zealand, contextualized within the global situation by the inclusion of perspectives on practices in the UK, Australia and North America. This book will be key reading for people who work with violent offending of a family nature as well as for those who are interested in the study of family violence.

Author : Marlee Liss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798986037707

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Re-Humanize by Marlee Liss Pdf

Re-Humanize offers a window into sexual assault and the messy path of survival. With poems that began forming just hours after being raped, Marlee shares her journey of emotional processing alongside facilitated discussion questions. The ties between individual trauma and cultural wounding are made clear as the writing expands and unpacks various issues rooted in objectification. Author Marlee Liss, who is well known for her groundbreaking restorative justice outcome following this sexual assault, grapples with her deeply held beliefs in transformation and humanity amidst such pain. This new and revised edition takes readers on a journey, gently challenging individuals to deconstruct sources of suffering, combat shame and challenge silence surrounding rape culture and painful life experience. Each page serves as a reminder that our grief deserves to be held with love, our stories deserve reverence, and our transformation is within reach.

Author : Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Publisher : AK Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781849353533

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Love WITH Accountability by Aishah Shahidah Simmons Pdf

Despite the current survivor-affirming awareness around sexual violence, child sexual abuse, most notably when it’s a family member or friend, is still a very taboo topic. There are approximately 42 million child sexual abuse survivors in the U.S. and millions of bystanders who look the other way as the abuse occurs and cover for the harm-doers with no accountability. Documentary filmmaker and survivor of child sexual abuse and adult rape, Aishah Shahidah Simmons invites diasporic Black people to join her in transformative storytelling that envisions a world that ends child sexual abuse without relying on the criminal justice system. Love WITH Accountability features compelling writings by child sexual abuse survivors, advocates, and Simmons’s mother, who underscores the detrimental impact of parents/caregivers not believing their children when they disclose their sexual abuse. This collection explores disrupting the inhumane epidemic of child sexual abuse, humanely.

Author : Brunilda Pali,Stefaan Pleysier,Katrien Lauwaert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9462369690

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The Praxis of Justice by Brunilda Pali,Stefaan Pleysier,Katrien Lauwaert Pdf

The Praxis of Justice brings together original contributions on restorative justice centering on the work of Ivo Aertsen, Emeritus Professor of Criminology in the Faculty of Law, KU Leuven. The work of Ivo Aertsen has impacted not only his country, Belgium, but the whole world. In recognition of a worthy life, his friends and colleagues of different generations and from all around the world have created this Liber Amicorum, as a living testament to friendship and accomplishment. The contributions in the book are both diverse and complementary as colours and motives of a tapestry, ranging from fully fledged scholarly reflections to personal anecdotes, memories and letters. The book will be especially interesting for anyone interested in restorative justice in general, and in the work of Ivo Aertsen in particular.