About the Series
Restorative justice offers a unique approach to crime and victimisation, and a change of course from the criminal justice system’s preoccupation with retribution and transgression of rules. It focuses on acknowledging and amending the hurt and injustice experienced by victims, support for offenders to desist from wrongdoing, and the concerns of the society for safety and efficient conflict resolution. Essentially, restorative justice practices involve a facilitated, voluntary and respectful dialogue between the parties affected by crime. Many different practices have been developed that meet restorative justice requirements, including, but not limited to, victim-offender mediation, restorative conferencing, peace-making circles, and peer mediation. These practices are being utilised in response to property and violent crime, adult and youth offending, school bullying and workplace conflicts, cultural conflicts and mass victimisation. This book series aspires to highlight and critically appraise the many accomplishments achieved through the use of restorative justice practices in response to crime and social conflict.
It is a collection containing groundbreaking theoretical essays on the principles, uses and versatility of restorative justice as well as state-of-the-art empirical research into the implementation of restorative justice practices, experiences in these programmes and evaluation of their impact on victim recovery, reoffending and community capacity-building. Contributors include established scholars and promising new scholars.
The Series in Practice
While the primary aim of the series is to publish different types of academic books, thereby giving the floor to researchers, both emerging and well-established ones, we also wish to use it to support and give a platform to painters we admire and who have accepted that we use their unique work for our covers. Each is mentioned within the four different branches our books fit under, as described below:
Branch 1: Monographs and Edited Collections
These are original academic works based on empirical or theoretical research into restorative practices, and edited collections around a specific topic in the field of restorative justice. For this branch there is an open call for proposals (see brill.com/sirj).
The covers for this branch are paintings by Sasa Saastamoinen. Further work by this painter can be found at https://www.sasasaastamoinen.com/.
Branch 2: Anthologies
This branch aims to publish ‘anthologies’ of work by invited authors, who choose a number of their own publications that have shaped the discourse and debates on restorative justice. They will, within the anthology, be able to reflect on their impact on the field, on the controversies and debates that they have contributed to and discuss how they have responded and evolved. They will also reflect on the future of restorative justice.
The covers for this branch are original portraits by Abigail Mcgauley. Further work by this painter can be found at https://www.instagram.com/ mcgourlayart/.
Branch 3: Translations
This branch will publish translations of seminal books in the field of restorative justice having originally been published in other languages than English.
The covers for this branch are paintings by Kittie Jones. Further work by this painter can be found at http://www.kittiejones.com/.
Branch 4: The International Encyclopaedia of Restorative Justice
The International Encyclopaedia of Restorative Justice by general editors Ivo Aertsen and Jennifer Llewellyn and a large group of regional editors, will present, for the first time, an encompassing picture of restorative justice worldwide. The origins, development, legislation and practical implementation of restorative justice will be described and critically analysed for a broad range of countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Anglo-America and Oceania, while a variety of challenges and issues related to the developments in the respective regions will be discussed comparatively. The International Encyclopaedia explores the complexity of information and analysis into six volumes that will both broaden and deepen our understanding of this innovative field of justice practices.
The covers for this branch are original paintings by Michelle Campbell. Further work by this painter can be found at https://www.chellecampbell.co.uk/