Critical Restorative Justice

Ivo Aertsen is Professor of Criminology at the University of Leuven. Brunilda Pali is Researcher at the Leuven Institute of Criminology at the University of Leuven.

• Introduction: Restorative Justice and Critical Social Theory Brunilda Pali and Ivo AertsenPart I: Bridging the Theoretical Gap and Sharpening the Critical Edge1. Is a Critical Model of Restorative Justice Possible? A Penal Abolitionist Approach Daniel Achutti2. Deconstructing Empowerment in Restorative Justice Daniela Bolívar3. Restorative Justice and the Decision-making Process: Beyond Deliberative Democracy? Raffaella da Porciuncula Pallamolla4. Doing Restorative Justice ‘Otherwise’: Decolonising Practices in the Global South Harry Blagg5. Outlining a Historical and Critical Ontology of Restorative Justice Giuseppe Maglione6. Restorative Justice is Not a Panacea Against All Social Evils Lode Walgrave7. Restorative Justice, Procedural Justice and Care Josep Tamarit SumallaPart II: Applying Analytical Tools and Frameworks to Research and Practice8. Restorative Justice and Democratic Citizenship: A New Social Pedagogy or Back to ‘Social Defence’? Leo Van Garsse9. Old Goffman as a New Research Strategy in Restorative Justice Ida Helene Asmussen10. Lifeworld, Law and Justice Katrin Kremmel and Christa Pelikan11. ‘Cultural’ Problematisations in the Restorative Justice Discourse Brunilda Pali12. To Talk or Not to Talk? The Limits and Potential of Restorative Justice in Addressing Social Inequalities Borbála Fellegi, Gábor Héra and Gabriella Benedek13. Digital Stories and Restorative Justice in Brussels Erik Claes, Iman Lechkar, Minne Huysmans and Nele GulinckPart III: Philosophical Explorations for Restorative Justice14. Restorative Justice and the Potential of ‘Exemplarity’: In Search of a ‘Persuasive’ Coherence Within Criminal Justice Claudia Mazzucato15. The Broken Tablets of Moses and the Exodus from (Post-) Modernity: On Rethinking the Role and theRule of Law in a Dialogical Way Federico Reggio16. Control Society, Sovereign Victim Culture and Restorative Justice Ronnie Lippens17. Promised Communities and Unrestored Justice George Pavlich18. A Radical in Disguise: Judith Shklar’s Victimology and Restorative Justice Antony Pemberton and Pauline GM Aarten